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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 Well now, waive nonsense, you and I are boys No longer: somewhere must a screw be slack!
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Truth is the proper policy: from truth-- Whate'er the force wherewith you fling your speech,-- Be sure that speech will lift you, by rebound, Somewhere above the lowness of a lie!
all
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What quality, what style and title, eh?
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Well now, waive nonsense, you and I are boys No longer: somewhere must a screw be slack!
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Well now, waive nonsense, you and I are boys No longer: somewhere must a screw be slack!
beard
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
belongings
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
bid
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
black
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
boys
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From this reading Well now, waive nonsense, you and I are boys No longer: somewhere must a screw be slack!
broad
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Truth is the proper policy: from truth-- Whate'er the force wherewith you fling your speech,-- Be sure that speech will lift you, by rebound, Somewhere above the lowness of a lie!
carriage-step
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
chest
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
comely
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
dear
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
deliver
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
demand
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
descend
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
Don't
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
door
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
Duchesses
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
ease
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
easiest
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
eh
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From this reading What quality, what style and title, eh?
endure
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
eternally
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
fancy
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
fling
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From this reading Truth is the proper policy: from truth-- Whate'er the force wherewith you fling your speech,-- Be sure that speech will lift you, by rebound, Somewhere above the lowness of a lie!
force
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From this reading Truth is the proper policy: from truth-- Whate'er the force wherewith you fling your speech,-- Be sure that speech will lift you, by rebound, Somewhere above the lowness of a lie!
forthwith
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
heard
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From this reading Monsieur Léonce Miranda heard too true A tale--perhaps I may subjoin, too trite!
heart
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
Hinting
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
HoweveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well now, waive nonsense, you and I are boys No longer: somewhere must a screw be slack!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Truth is the proper policy: from truth-- Whate'er the force wherewith you fling your speech,-- Be sure that speech will lift you, by rebound, Somewhere above the lowness of a lie!
lie
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From this reading Truth is the proper policy: from truth-- Whate'er the force wherewith you fling your speech,-- Be sure that speech will lift you, by rebound, Somewhere above the lowness of a lie!
lift
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From this reading Truth is the proper policy: from truth-- Whate'er the force wherewith you fling your speech,-- Be sure that speech will lift you, by rebound, Somewhere above the lowness of a lie!
longer
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From this reading Well now, waive nonsense, you and I are boys No longer: somewhere must a screw be slack!
love
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
love's
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
lowness
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From this reading Truth is the proper policy: from truth-- Whate'er the force wherewith you fling your speech,-- Be sure that speech will lift you, by rebound, Somewhere above the lowness of a lie!
Léonce
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From this reading Monsieur Léonce Miranda heard too true A tale--perhaps I may subjoin, too trite!
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
March
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
marriage
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Monsieur Léonce Miranda heard too true A tale--perhaps I may subjoin, too trite!
means
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
method
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
Miranda
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From this reading Monsieur Léonce Miranda heard too true A tale--perhaps I may subjoin, too trite!
Monsieur
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From this reading Monsieur Léonce Miranda heard too true A tale--perhaps I may subjoin, too trite!
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Well now, waive nonsense, you and I are boys No longer: somewhere must a screw be slack!
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Well now, waive nonsense, you and I are boys No longer: somewhere must a screw be slack!
nonsense
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From this reading Well now, waive nonsense, you and I are boys No longer: somewhere must a screw be slack!
now
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From this reading Well now, waive nonsense, you and I are boys No longer: somewhere must a screw be slack!
obvious
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
Only
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
other
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
perhaps
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From this reading Monsieur Léonce Miranda heard too true A tale--perhaps I may subjoin, too trite!
policy
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From this reading Truth is the proper policy: from truth-- Whate'er the force wherewith you fling your speech,-- Be sure that speech will lift you, by rebound, Somewhere above the lowness of a lie!
proper
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From this reading Truth is the proper policy: from truth-- Whate'er the force wherewith you fling your speech,-- Be sure that speech will lift you, by rebound, Somewhere above the lowness of a lie!
prostrate
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
Protested
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
quality
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From this reading What quality, what style and title, eh?
rebound
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From this reading Truth is the proper policy: from truth-- Whate'er the force wherewith you fling your speech,-- Be sure that speech will lift you, by rebound, Somewhere above the lowness of a lie!
satisfaction
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
screw
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From this reading Well now, waive nonsense, you and I are boys No longer: somewhere must a screw be slack!
slack
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From this reading Well now, waive nonsense, you and I are boys No longer: somewhere must a screw be slack!
somewhere
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From this reading Well now, waive nonsense, you and I are boys No longer: somewhere must a screw be slack!
speech
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From this reading Truth is the proper policy: from truth-- Whate'er the force wherewith you fling your speech,-- Be sure that speech will lift you, by rebound, Somewhere above the lowness of a lie!
stranger
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
stretched
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
style
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From this reading What quality, what style and title, eh?
subjoin
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From this reading Monsieur Léonce Miranda heard too true A tale--perhaps I may subjoin, too trite!
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Truth is the proper policy: from truth-- Whate'er the force wherewith you fling your speech,-- Be sure that speech will lift you, by rebound, Somewhere above the lowness of a lie!
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
tale
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From this reading Monsieur Léonce Miranda heard too true A tale--perhaps I may subjoin, too trite!
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
title
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From this reading What quality, what style and title, eh?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
too
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From this reading Monsieur Léonce Miranda heard too true A tale--perhaps I may subjoin, too trite!
trite
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From this reading Monsieur Léonce Miranda heard too true A tale--perhaps I may subjoin, too trite!
true
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From this reading Monsieur Léonce Miranda heard too true A tale--perhaps I may subjoin, too trite!
Truth
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From this reading Truth is the proper policy: from truth-- Whate'er the force wherewith you fling your speech,-- Be sure that speech will lift you, by rebound, Somewhere above the lowness of a lie!
waive
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From this reading Well now, waive nonsense, you and I are boys No longer: somewhere must a screw be slack!
ways
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
Well
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From this reading Well now, waive nonsense, you and I are boys No longer: somewhere must a screw be slack!
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What quality, what style and title, eh?
Whate'er
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From this reading Truth is the proper policy: from truth-- Whate'er the force wherewith you fling your speech,-- Be sure that speech will lift you, by rebound, Somewhere above the lowness of a lie!
wherewith
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From this reading Truth is the proper policy: from truth-- Whate'er the force wherewith you fling your speech,-- Be sure that speech will lift you, by rebound, Somewhere above the lowness of a lie!
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Truth is the proper policy: from truth-- Whate'er the force wherewith you fling your speech,-- Be sure that speech will lift you, by rebound, Somewhere above the lowness of a lie!
world
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From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Don't fancy, Duchesses descend at door From carriage-step to stranger prostrate stretched, And bid him take heart, and deliver mind, March in and make himself at ease forthwith,-- However broad his chest and black his beard, And comely his belongings,--all through love Protested in a world of ways save one-- Hinting at marriage!"--marriage which yet means Only the obvious method, easiest help To satisfaction of love's first demand, That love endure eternally: "my dear, Somewhere or other must a screw be slack!"
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Well now, waive nonsense, you and I are boys No longer: somewhere must a screw be slack!
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Truth is the proper policy: from truth-- Whate'er the force wherewith you fling your speech,-- Be sure that speech will lift you, by rebound, Somewhere above the lowness of a lie!
