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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Let the bird of loudest lay, On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet be, To whose sound chaste wings obey.
Arabian
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From this reading Let the bird of loudest lay, On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet be, To whose sound chaste wings obey.
Augur
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From this reading But thou shrieking harbinger, Foul precurrer of the fiend, Augur of the fever’s end, To this troop come thou not near.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Let the bird of loudest lay, On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet be, To whose sound chaste wings obey.
bird
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From this reading Let the bird of loudest lay, On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet be, To whose sound chaste wings obey.
breath
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From this reading And thou treble-dated crow, That thy sable gender mak’st With the breath thou giv’st and tak’st, ’Mongst our mourners shalt thou go.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But thou shrieking harbinger, Foul precurrer of the fiend, Augur of the fever’s end, To this troop come thou not near.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Let the priest in surplice white, That defunctive music can, Be the death-divining swan, Lest the requiem lack his right.
chaste
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From this reading Let the bird of loudest lay, On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet be, To whose sound chaste wings obey.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But thou shrieking harbinger, Foul precurrer of the fiend, Augur of the fever’s end, To this troop come thou not near.
crow
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From this reading And thou treble-dated crow, That thy sable gender mak’st With the breath thou giv’st and tak’st, ’Mongst our mourners shalt thou go.
death-divining
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From this reading Let the priest in surplice white, That defunctive music can, Be the death-divining swan, Lest the requiem lack his right.
defunctive
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From this reading Let the priest in surplice white, That defunctive music can, Be the death-divining swan, Lest the requiem lack his right.
eagle
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From this reading From this session interdict Every fowl of tyrant wing, Save the eagle, feather’d king; Keep the obsequy so strict.
end
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From this reading But thou shrieking harbinger, Foul precurrer of the fiend, Augur of the fever’s end, To this troop come thou not near.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading From this session interdict Every fowl of tyrant wing, Save the eagle, feather’d king; Keep the obsequy so strict.
feather'd
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From this reading From this session interdict Every fowl of tyrant wing, Save the eagle, feather’d king; Keep the obsequy so strict.
fever's
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From this reading But thou shrieking harbinger, Foul precurrer of the fiend, Augur of the fever’s end, To this troop come thou not near.
fiend
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From this reading But thou shrieking harbinger, Foul precurrer of the fiend, Augur of the fever’s end, To this troop come thou not near.
Foul
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From this reading But thou shrieking harbinger, Foul precurrer of the fiend, Augur of the fever’s end, To this troop come thou not near.
fowl
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From this reading From this session interdict Every fowl of tyrant wing, Save the eagle, feather’d king; Keep the obsequy so strict.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From this session interdict Every fowl of tyrant wing, Save the eagle, feather’d king; Keep the obsequy so strict.
gender
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From this reading And thou treble-dated crow, That thy sable gender mak’st With the breath thou giv’st and tak’st, ’Mongst our mourners shalt thou go.
giv'st
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From this reading And thou treble-dated crow, That thy sable gender mak’st With the breath thou giv’st and tak’st, ’Mongst our mourners shalt thou go.
go
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From this reading And thou treble-dated crow, That thy sable gender mak’st With the breath thou giv’st and tak’st, ’Mongst our mourners shalt thou go.
harbinger
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From this reading But thou shrieking harbinger, Foul precurrer of the fiend, Augur of the fever’s end, To this troop come thou not near.
Herald
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From this reading Let the bird of loudest lay, On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet be, To whose sound chaste wings obey.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Let the priest in surplice white, That defunctive music can, Be the death-divining swan, Lest the requiem lack his right.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Let the priest in surplice white, That defunctive music can, Be the death-divining swan, Lest the requiem lack his right.
interdict
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From this reading From this session interdict Every fowl of tyrant wing, Save the eagle, feather’d king; Keep the obsequy so strict.
Keep
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From this reading From this session interdict Every fowl of tyrant wing, Save the eagle, feather’d king; Keep the obsequy so strict.
king
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From this reading From this session interdict Every fowl of tyrant wing, Save the eagle, feather’d king; Keep the obsequy so strict.
lack
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From this reading Let the priest in surplice white, That defunctive music can, Be the death-divining swan, Lest the requiem lack his right.
lay
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From this reading Let the bird of loudest lay, On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet be, To whose sound chaste wings obey.
LestconjunctionUS /lest/
in order that something should not happen
From this reading Let the priest in surplice white, That defunctive music can, Be the death-divining swan, Lest the requiem lack his right.
Letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let the bird of loudest lay, On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet be, To whose sound chaste wings obey.
loudest
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From this reading Let the bird of loudest lay, On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet be, To whose sound chaste wings obey.
mak'st
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From this reading And thou treble-dated crow, That thy sable gender mak’st With the breath thou giv’st and tak’st, ’Mongst our mourners shalt thou go.
Mongst
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From this reading And thou treble-dated crow, That thy sable gender mak’st With the breath thou giv’st and tak’st, ’Mongst our mourners shalt thou go.
mourners
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From this reading And thou treble-dated crow, That thy sable gender mak’st With the breath thou giv’st and tak’st, ’Mongst our mourners shalt thou go.
music
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From this reading Let the priest in surplice white, That defunctive music can, Be the death-divining swan, Lest the requiem lack his right.
near
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From this reading But thou shrieking harbinger, Foul precurrer of the fiend, Augur of the fever’s end, To this troop come thou not near.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But thou shrieking harbinger, Foul precurrer of the fiend, Augur of the fever’s end, To this troop come thou not near.
obey
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From this reading Let the bird of loudest lay, On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet be, To whose sound chaste wings obey.
obsequy
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From this reading From this session interdict Every fowl of tyrant wing, Save the eagle, feather’d king; Keep the obsequy so strict.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Let the bird of loudest lay, On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet be, To whose sound chaste wings obey.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Let the bird of loudest lay, On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet be, To whose sound chaste wings obey.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading And thou treble-dated crow, That thy sable gender mak’st With the breath thou giv’st and tak’st, ’Mongst our mourners shalt thou go.
precurrer
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From this reading But thou shrieking harbinger, Foul precurrer of the fiend, Augur of the fever’s end, To this troop come thou not near.
priest
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From this reading Let the priest in surplice white, That defunctive music can, Be the death-divining swan, Lest the requiem lack his right.
requiem
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From this reading Let the priest in surplice white, That defunctive music can, Be the death-divining swan, Lest the requiem lack his right.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Let the priest in surplice white, That defunctive music can, Be the death-divining swan, Lest the requiem lack his right.
sable
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From this reading And thou treble-dated crow, That thy sable gender mak’st With the breath thou giv’st and tak’st, ’Mongst our mourners shalt thou go.
sad
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From this reading Let the bird of loudest lay, On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet be, To whose sound chaste wings obey.
SaveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading From this session interdict Every fowl of tyrant wing, Save the eagle, feather’d king; Keep the obsequy so strict.
session
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From this reading From this session interdict Every fowl of tyrant wing, Save the eagle, feather’d king; Keep the obsequy so strict.
shaltmodal verbUS /ʃælt/
an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”
From this reading And thou treble-dated crow, That thy sable gender mak’st With the breath thou giv’st and tak’st, ’Mongst our mourners shalt thou go.
shrieking
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From this reading But thou shrieking harbinger, Foul precurrer of the fiend, Augur of the fever’s end, To this troop come thou not near.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading From this session interdict Every fowl of tyrant wing, Save the eagle, feather’d king; Keep the obsequy so strict.
sole
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From this reading Let the bird of loudest lay, On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet be, To whose sound chaste wings obey.
sound
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From this reading Let the bird of loudest lay, On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet be, To whose sound chaste wings obey.
strict
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From this reading From this session interdict Every fowl of tyrant wing, Save the eagle, feather’d king; Keep the obsequy so strict.
surplice
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From this reading Let the priest in surplice white, That defunctive music can, Be the death-divining swan, Lest the requiem lack his right.
swan
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From this reading Let the priest in surplice white, That defunctive music can, Be the death-divining swan, Lest the requiem lack his right.
tak'st
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From this reading And thou treble-dated crow, That thy sable gender mak’st With the breath thou giv’st and tak’st, ’Mongst our mourners shalt thou go.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Let the priest in surplice white, That defunctive music can, Be the death-divining swan, Lest the requiem lack his right.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Let the bird of loudest lay, On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet be, To whose sound chaste wings obey.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But thou shrieking harbinger, Foul precurrer of the fiend, Augur of the fever’s end, To this troop come thou not near.
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading But thou shrieking harbinger, Foul precurrer of the fiend, Augur of the fever’s end, To this troop come thou not near.
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading And thou treble-dated crow, That thy sable gender mak’st With the breath thou giv’st and tak’st, ’Mongst our mourners shalt thou go.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Let the bird of loudest lay, On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet be, To whose sound chaste wings obey.
treble-dated
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From this reading And thou treble-dated crow, That thy sable gender mak’st With the breath thou giv’st and tak’st, ’Mongst our mourners shalt thou go.
tree
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From this reading Let the bird of loudest lay, On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet be, To whose sound chaste wings obey.
troop
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From this reading But thou shrieking harbinger, Foul precurrer of the fiend, Augur of the fever’s end, To this troop come thou not near.
trumpet
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From this reading Let the bird of loudest lay, On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet be, To whose sound chaste wings obey.
tyrant
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From this reading From this session interdict Every fowl of tyrant wing, Save the eagle, feather’d king; Keep the obsequy so strict.
white
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From this reading Let the priest in surplice white, That defunctive music can, Be the death-divining swan, Lest the requiem lack his right.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Let the bird of loudest lay, On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet be, To whose sound chaste wings obey.
wing
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From this reading From this session interdict Every fowl of tyrant wing, Save the eagle, feather’d king; Keep the obsequy so strict.
wings
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From this reading Let the bird of loudest lay, On the sole Arabian tree, Herald sad and trumpet be, To whose sound chaste wings obey.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And thou treble-dated crow, That thy sable gender mak’st With the breath thou giv’st and tak’st, ’Mongst our mourners shalt thou go.
