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The professor's experiment — Vol. 2
The professor's experiment — Vol. 2

Chapter XX

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‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.
But yet, O song, do not forget.’
Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.
In this, the good-humoured looking girl—Miss Forbes—is not a whit behind Captain Lennox, she too seeming to be delighted with Susan.
And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.
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The professor's experiment — Vol. 2

Chapter XX

Reading 1/49 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.
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But yet, O song, do not forget.’
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Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.
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In this, the good-humoured looking girl—Miss Forbes—is not a whit behind Captain Lennox, she too seeming to be delighted with Susan.
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And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

Learner Dictionary

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

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.”

Behind preposition US /bɪˈhaɪnd/

at or toward the back of something

From this reading “In this, the good-humoured looking girl—Miss Forbes—is not a whit behind Captain Lennox, she too seeming to be delighted with Susan.”

Beside preposition US /bɪˈsaɪd/

next to; at the side of

From this reading “Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.”

Captain noun US /ˈcaptain/

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

From this reading “Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.”

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.”

Didst auxiliary verb US /dɪdst/

an old form of “did”, used with “thou”

From this reading “‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.”

Every determiner US /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading “Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.”

Everyone pronoun US /ˈevriwʌn/

every person

From this reading “And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.”

Has auxiliary verb US /hæz/

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

From this reading “And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.”

Hear noun US /hear/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.”

Little noun US /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.”

Mine pronoun US /maɪn/

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading “‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.”

Next noun US /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.”

Rejoice noun US /ˈrejoice/

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

From this reading “‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.”

Something pronoun US /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading “And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.”

Thou pronoun US /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading “‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.”

Thy determiner US /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading “‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “But yet, O song, do not forget.’”

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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 Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

Ah

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From this reading ‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.

all

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From this reading ‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading ‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading In this, the good-humoured looking girl—Miss Forbes—is not a whit behind Captain Lennox, she too seeming to be delighted with Susan.

beauty

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From this reading And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/

at or toward the back of something

From this reading In this, the good-humoured looking girl—Miss Forbes—is not a whit behind Captain Lennox, she too seeming to be delighted with Susan.

besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/

next to; at the side of

From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But yet, O song, do not forget.’

CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/

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

From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

charming

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From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

contemplation

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From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

Crosby

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From this reading And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

delight

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From this reading ‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.

delighted

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From this reading In this, the good-humoured looking girl—Miss Forbes—is not a whit behind Captain Lennox, she too seeming to be delighted with Susan.

didstauxiliary verbUS /dɪdst/

an old form of “did”, used with “thou”

From this reading ‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading But yet, O song, do not forget.’

ear

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From this reading ‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.

ears

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From this reading ‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.

everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

everyonepronounUS /ˈevriwʌn/

every person

From this reading And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

extremely

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From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

face

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From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

fallen

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From this reading And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

fashionably-dressed

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From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

find

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From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

Forbes

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From this reading In this, the good-humoured looking girl—Miss Forbes—is not a whit behind Captain Lennox, she too seeming to be delighted with Susan.

forget

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From this reading But yet, O song, do not forget.’

girl

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From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

glad

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From this reading ‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.

good-humoured

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From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

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

From this reading And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

hearnounUS /hear/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.

hearts

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From this reading ‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

indeed

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From this reading And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

joy

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From this reading ‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.

late

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From this reading And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

Lennox

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From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

littlenounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.

looking

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From this reading In this, the good-humoured looking girl—Miss Forbes—is not a whit behind Captain Lennox, she too seeming to be delighted with Susan.

looks

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From this reading And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

love

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From this reading And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

luncheon

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From this reading And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

Makes

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From this reading ‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.

man

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From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

minepronounUS /maɪn/

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading ‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.

minutes

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From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

Miss

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From this reading In this, the good-humoured looking girl—Miss Forbes—is not a whit behind Captain Lennox, she too seeming to be delighted with Susan.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading ‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.

nextnounUS /next/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading But yet, O song, do not forget.’

O

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From this reading But yet, O song, do not forget.’

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

other

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From this reading ‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.

pleasure

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From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

praise

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From this reading ‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.

presently

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From this reading And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

pretty

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From this reading And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

rejoicenounUS /ˈrejoice/

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

From this reading ‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.

seated

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From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

seeming

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From this reading In this, the good-humoured looking girl—Miss Forbes—is not a whit behind Captain Lennox, she too seeming to be delighted with Susan.

seems

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From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading In this, the good-humoured looking girl—Miss Forbes—is not a whit behind Captain Lennox, she too seeming to be delighted with Susan.

shout

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From this reading ‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.

sitting

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From this reading And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

smilingly

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From this reading And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

song

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From this reading But yet, O song, do not forget.’

stately

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From this reading And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

Susan

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From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading ‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading In this, the good-humoured looking girl—Miss Forbes—is not a whit behind Captain Lennox, she too seeming to be delighted with Susan.

then

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From this reading And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

thereabouts

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From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

thirty

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From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading In this, the good-humoured looking girl—Miss Forbes—is not a whit behind Captain Lennox, she too seeming to be delighted with Susan.

ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading ‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.

thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading ‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

too

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From this reading In this, the good-humoured looking girl—Miss Forbes—is not a whit behind Captain Lennox, she too seeming to be delighted with Susan.

two

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From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

very

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From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

voice

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From this reading ‘Thou didst delight mine ear, Ah! little praise; thy voice Makes other hearts rejoice, Makes all ears glad that hear, And shout my joy.

whispers

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From this reading And, indeed, everyone seems to have fallen in love with pretty Susan, for presently the stately young beauty sitting next to Crosby, who has come in a little late for luncheon, whispers something to him, and then looks smilingly at Susan.

whit

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From this reading In this, the good-humoured looking girl—Miss Forbes—is not a whit behind Captain Lennox, she too seeming to be delighted with Susan.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.

yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading But yet, O song, do not forget.’

young

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From this reading Susan is seated beside a very fashionably-dressed girl with an extremely good-humoured face, and Captain Lennox—a man of about thirty or thereabouts—who seems to find pleasure in an every two minutes’ contemplation of her young and charming face.