Chapter XXXI
And you, my winsome lady, Whisper with like frankness! Lies nothing buried long ago? Are yon--which shimmer 'mid the shady Where moss and violet run to rankness-- Tombs or no? Who taxes you with murder? My hands are clean--or nearly!
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And
you,
my
winsome
lady,
Whisper
with
like
frankness!
Lies
nothing
buried
long
ago?
Are
yon--which
shimmer
'mid
the
shady
Where
moss
and
violet
run
to
rankness--
Tombs
or
no?
Who
taxes
you
with
murder?
My
hands
are
clean--or
nearly!
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning
Chapter XXXI
Reading 1/175 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
And
you,
my
winsome
lady,
Whisper
with
like
frankness!
Line 2
Lies
nothing
buried
long
ago?
Line 3
Are
yon--which
shimmer
'mid
the
shady
Where
moss
and
violet
run
to
rankness--
Tombs
or
no?
Line 4
Who
taxes
you
with
murder?
Line 5
My
hands
are
clean--or
nearly!
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Hands
plural noun
US /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “My hands are clean--or nearly!”
Long
noun
US /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Lies nothing buried long ago?”
Nothing
pronoun
US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Lies nothing buried long ago?”
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ago
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AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And you, my winsome lady, Whisper with like frankness!
Areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are yon--which shimmer 'mid the shady Where moss and violet run to rankness-- Tombs or no?
buried
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clean
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frankness
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handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading My hands are clean--or nearly!
lady
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Lies
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like
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longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lies nothing buried long ago?
mid
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moss
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murder
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mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And you, my winsome lady, Whisper with like frankness!
nearly
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nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Are yon--which shimmer 'mid the shady Where moss and violet run to rankness-- Tombs or no?
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Lies nothing buried long ago?
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Are yon--which shimmer 'mid the shady Where moss and violet run to rankness-- Tombs or no?
rankness
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From this reading Are yon--which shimmer 'mid the shady Where moss and violet run to rankness-- Tombs or no?
run
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shady
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shimmer
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taxes
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From this reading Who taxes you with murder?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Are yon--which shimmer 'mid the shady Where moss and violet run to rankness-- Tombs or no?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Are yon--which shimmer 'mid the shady Where moss and violet run to rankness-- Tombs or no?
Tombs
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violet
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WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Are yon--which shimmer 'mid the shady Where moss and violet run to rankness-- Tombs or no?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Are yon--which shimmer 'mid the shady Where moss and violet run to rankness-- Tombs or no?
Whisper
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WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Who taxes you with murder?
winsome
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withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And you, my winsome lady, Whisper with like frankness!
yon
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From this reading Are yon--which shimmer 'mid the shady Where moss and violet run to rankness-- Tombs or no?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And you, my winsome lady, Whisper with like frankness!