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The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson — Vol. 23
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson — Vol. 23

Chapter VII

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Have come from a concert.
Sinico sang, _tant bien que mal_, "Ah perfido spergiuro!"; and then we had the Eroica symphony (No. 3).
I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.
I wonder, is there anything so superb--I can find no word for it more specific than superb--all I know is that all my knowledge is transcended.
I finished to-day and sent off (and a mighty mean detail it is, to set down after Beethoven's grand passion) my Portfolio article about Buckinghamshire.
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The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson — Vol. 23

Chapter VII

Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Have come from a concert.
Line 2
Sinico sang, _tant bien que mal_, "Ah perfido spergiuro!"; and then we had the Eroica symphony (No. 3).
Line 3
I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.
Line 4
I wonder, is there anything so superb--I can find no word for it more specific than superb--all I know is that all my knowledge is transcended.
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I finished to-day and sent off (and a mighty mean detail it is, to set down after Beethoven's grand passion) my Portfolio article about Buckinghamshire.

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 “I finished to-day and sent off (and a mighty mean detail it is, to set down after Beethoven's grand passion) my Portfolio article about Buckinghamshire.”

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “I finished to-day and sent off (and a mighty mean detail it is, to set down after Beethoven's grand passion) my Portfolio article about Buckinghamshire.”

Anything pronoun US /ˈeniθɪŋ/

any thing at all

From this reading “I wonder, is there anything so superb--I can find no word for it more specific than superb--all I know is that all my knowledge is transcended.”

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Have come from a concert.”

Has auxiliary verb US /hæz/

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

From this reading “I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Have come from a concert.”

Know noun US /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I wonder, is there anything so superb--I can find no word for it more specific than superb--all I know is that all my knowledge is transcended.”

Need noun US /need/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.”

All words in this reading · 78

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3

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From this reading Sinico sang, _tant bien que mal_, "Ah perfido spergiuro!"; and then we had the Eroica symphony (No. 3).

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Have come from a concert.

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading I finished to-day and sent off (and a mighty mean detail it is, to set down after Beethoven's grand passion) my Portfolio article about Buckinghamshire.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading I finished to-day and sent off (and a mighty mean detail it is, to set down after Beethoven's grand passion) my Portfolio article about Buckinghamshire.

Ah

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From this reading Sinico sang, _tant bien que mal_, "Ah perfido spergiuro!"; and then we had the Eroica symphony (No. 3).

all

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From this reading I wonder, is there anything so superb--I can find no word for it more specific than superb--all I know is that all my knowledge is transcended.

amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Sinico sang, _tant bien que mal_, "Ah perfido spergiuro!"; and then we had the Eroica symphony (No. 3).

anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/

any thing at all

From this reading I wonder, is there anything so superb--I can find no word for it more specific than superb--all I know is that all my knowledge is transcended.

article

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From this reading I finished to-day and sent off (and a mighty mean detail it is, to set down after Beethoven's grand passion) my Portfolio article about Buckinghamshire.

Beethoven

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From this reading I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.

Beethoven's

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From this reading I finished to-day and sent off (and a mighty mean detail it is, to set down after Beethoven's grand passion) my Portfolio article about Buckinghamshire.

bien

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From this reading Sinico sang, _tant bien que mal_, "Ah perfido spergiuro!"; and then we had the Eroica symphony (No. 3).

Buckinghamshire

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From this reading I finished to-day and sent off (and a mighty mean detail it is, to set down after Beethoven's grand passion) my Portfolio article about Buckinghamshire.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.

certainly

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From this reading I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Have come from a concert.

concert

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From this reading Have come from a concert.

detail

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From this reading I finished to-day and sent off (and a mighty mean detail it is, to set down after Beethoven's grand passion) my Portfolio article about Buckinghamshire.

down

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From this reading I finished to-day and sent off (and a mighty mean detail it is, to set down after Beethoven's grand passion) my Portfolio article about Buckinghamshire.

earth

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From this reading I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.

Eroica

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From this reading Sinico sang, _tant bien que mal_, "Ah perfido spergiuro!"; and then we had the Eroica symphony (No. 3).

find

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From this reading I wonder, is there anything so superb--I can find no word for it more specific than superb--all I know is that all my knowledge is transcended.

finished

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From this reading I finished to-day and sent off (and a mighty mean detail it is, to set down after Beethoven's grand passion) my Portfolio article about Buckinghamshire.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading I wonder, is there anything so superb--I can find no word for it more specific than superb--all I know is that all my knowledge is transcended.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Have come from a concert.

grand

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From this reading I finished to-day and sent off (and a mighty mean detail it is, to set down after Beethoven's grand passion) my Portfolio article about Buckinghamshire.

greatest

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From this reading I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Sinico sang, _tant bien que mal_, "Ah perfido spergiuro!"; and then we had the Eroica symphony (No. 3).

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

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

From this reading I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.

Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Have come from a concert.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I wonder, is there anything so superb--I can find no word for it more specific than superb--all I know is that all my knowledge is transcended.

knowledge

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From this reading I wonder, is there anything so superb--I can find no word for it more specific than superb--all I know is that all my knowledge is transcended.

mal

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From this reading Sinico sang, _tant bien que mal_, "Ah perfido spergiuro!"; and then we had the Eroica symphony (No. 3).

man

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From this reading I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.

mean

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From this reading I finished to-day and sent off (and a mighty mean detail it is, to set down after Beethoven's grand passion) my Portfolio article about Buckinghamshire.

mighty

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From this reading I finished to-day and sent off (and a mighty mean detail it is, to set down after Beethoven's grand passion) my Portfolio article about Buckinghamshire.

more

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From this reading I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I wonder, is there anything so superb--I can find no word for it more specific than superb--all I know is that all my knowledge is transcended.

neednounUS /need/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading Sinico sang, _tant bien que mal_, "Ah perfido spergiuro!"; and then we had the Eroica symphony (No. 3).

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.

off

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From this reading I finished to-day and sent off (and a mighty mean detail it is, to set down after Beethoven's grand passion) my Portfolio article about Buckinghamshire.

out

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From this reading I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.

passion

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From this reading I finished to-day and sent off (and a mighty mean detail it is, to set down after Beethoven's grand passion) my Portfolio article about Buckinghamshire.

perfido

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From this reading Sinico sang, _tant bien que mal_, "Ah perfido spergiuro!"; and then we had the Eroica symphony (No. 3).

Portfolio

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From this reading I finished to-day and sent off (and a mighty mean detail it is, to set down after Beethoven's grand passion) my Portfolio article about Buckinghamshire.

produced

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From this reading I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.

que

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From this reading Sinico sang, _tant bien que mal_, "Ah perfido spergiuro!"; and then we had the Eroica symphony (No. 3).

rapt

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From this reading I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.

sang

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From this reading Sinico sang, _tant bien que mal_, "Ah perfido spergiuro!"; and then we had the Eroica symphony (No. 3).

say

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From this reading I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.

sent

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From this reading I finished to-day and sent off (and a mighty mean detail it is, to set down after Beethoven's grand passion) my Portfolio article about Buckinghamshire.

set

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From this reading I finished to-day and sent off (and a mighty mean detail it is, to set down after Beethoven's grand passion) my Portfolio article about Buckinghamshire.

Sinico

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From this reading Sinico sang, _tant bien que mal_, "Ah perfido spergiuro!"; and then we had the Eroica symphony (No. 3).

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading I wonder, is there anything so superb--I can find no word for it more specific than superb--all I know is that all my knowledge is transcended.

specific

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From this reading I wonder, is there anything so superb--I can find no word for it more specific than superb--all I know is that all my knowledge is transcended.

spergiuro

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From this reading Sinico sang, _tant bien que mal_, "Ah perfido spergiuro!"; and then we had the Eroica symphony (No. 3).

superb

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From this reading I wonder, is there anything so superb--I can find no word for it more specific than superb--all I know is that all my knowledge is transcended.

symphony

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From this reading Sinico sang, _tant bien que mal_, "Ah perfido spergiuro!"; and then we had the Eroica symphony (No. 3).

tant

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From this reading Sinico sang, _tant bien que mal_, "Ah perfido spergiuro!"; and then we had the Eroica symphony (No. 3).

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading I wonder, is there anything so superb--I can find no word for it more specific than superb--all I know is that all my knowledge is transcended.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I wonder, is there anything so superb--I can find no word for it more specific than superb--all I know is that all my knowledge is transcended.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Sinico sang, _tant bien que mal_, "Ah perfido spergiuro!"; and then we had the Eroica symphony (No. 3).

then

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From this reading Sinico sang, _tant bien que mal_, "Ah perfido spergiuro!"; and then we had the Eroica symphony (No. 3).

there

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From this reading I wonder, is there anything so superb--I can find no word for it more specific than superb--all I know is that all my knowledge is transcended.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading I finished to-day and sent off (and a mighty mean detail it is, to set down after Beethoven's grand passion) my Portfolio article about Buckinghamshire.

to-day

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From this reading I finished to-day and sent off (and a mighty mean detail it is, to set down after Beethoven's grand passion) my Portfolio article about Buckinghamshire.

transcended

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From this reading I wonder, is there anything so superb--I can find no word for it more specific than superb--all I know is that all my knowledge is transcended.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Sinico sang, _tant bien que mal_, "Ah perfido spergiuro!"; and then we had the Eroica symphony (No. 3).

wonder

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From this reading I wonder, is there anything so superb--I can find no word for it more specific than superb--all I know is that all my knowledge is transcended.

word

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From this reading I wonder, is there anything so superb--I can find no word for it more specific than superb--all I know is that all my knowledge is transcended.

world

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From this reading I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.

yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading I can, and need, say no more; I am rapt out of earth by it; Beethoven is certainly the greatest man the world has yet produced.