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Thelma

Chapter XIII

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Context Illustration Reading 1/70 · 5 lines
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"O Love!
O Love!
O Gateway of Delight!
Thou porch of peace, thou pageant of the prime Of all God's creatures!
I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Thelma

Chapter XIII

Reading 1/70 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"O Love!
Line 2
O Love!
Line 3
O Gateway of Delight!
Line 4
Thou porch of peace, thou pageant of the prime Of all God's creatures!
Line 5
I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."

Learner Dictionary

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

Beyond preposition US /bɪˈɑːnd/

on the far side of; further than

From this reading “I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."”

Splendor noun US /ˈsplen.dər/

Magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur and brilliance.

From this reading “I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."”

Thine pronoun US /ðaɪn/

an old word for “yours”

From this reading “I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."”

Thou pronoun US /ðaʊ/

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

From this reading “Thou porch of peace, thou pageant of the prime Of all God's creatures!”

Thy determiner US /ðaɪ/

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

From this reading “I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."”

Track noun US /træk/

a route or signs showing the way someone went

From this reading “I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."”

All words in this reading · 36

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all

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From this reading Thou porch of peace, thou pageant of the prime Of all God's creatures!

amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."

aright

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From this reading I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."

beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/

on the far side of; further than

From this reading I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."

climb

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From this reading I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."

creatures

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From this reading Thou porch of peace, thou pageant of the prime Of all God's creatures!

daily

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From this reading I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."

Delight

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From this reading O Gateway of Delight!

far-off

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From this reading I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."

Gateway

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From this reading O Gateway of Delight!

gaze

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From this reading I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."

God's

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From this reading Thou porch of peace, thou pageant of the prime Of all God's creatures!

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."

Love

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From this reading "O Love!

night

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From this reading I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."

O

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From this reading "O Love!

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading O Gateway of Delight!

pageant

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From this reading Thou porch of peace, thou pageant of the prime Of all God's creatures!

peace

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From this reading Thou porch of peace, thou pageant of the prime Of all God's creatures!

porch

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From this reading Thou porch of peace, thou pageant of the prime Of all God's creatures!

prime

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From this reading Thou porch of peace, thou pageant of the prime Of all God's creatures!

search

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From this reading I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."

splendornounUS /ˈsplen.dər/

Magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur and brilliance.

From this reading I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."

steps

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From this reading I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."

sublime

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From this reading I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Thou porch of peace, thou pageant of the prime Of all God's creatures!

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."

ThinepronounUS /ðaɪn/

an old word for “yours”

From this reading I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."

ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

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

From this reading Thou porch of peace, thou pageant of the prime Of all God's creatures!

thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

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

From this reading I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."

tracknounUS /træk/

a route or signs showing the way someone went

From this reading I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."

upward

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From this reading I am here to climb Thine upward steps, and daily and by night To gaze beyond them and to search aright The far-off splendor of thy track sublime."