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Search phrase: pool

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CymbelineCym III.iv.141In a great pool, a swan's nest: prithee thinkIn a great Poole, a Swannes-nest, prythee thinke
King Edward IIIE3 III.iii.116This champion field shall be a pool of blood,This Champion field shallbe a poole of bloode,
King LearKL III.iv.127drinks the green mantle of the standing pool; who isdrinkes the green Mantle of the standing Poole: who is
The TempestTem IV.i.182I'th' filthy mantled pool beyond your cell,I'th' filthy mantled poole beyond your Cell,
The TempestTem IV.i.208Ay, but to lose our bottles in the pool – I, but to loose our bottles in the Poole.

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Glossary

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Narcissushandsome youth who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool; he pined away and was turned into a flower
plashpool, puddle, pond
Tantalusking of Sipylos in Lydia, punished in the Underworld for his crimes; he sits in a pool which recedes when he bends to drink, and the grapes over his head elude his grasp

Thesaurus

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poolplash

Themes and Topics

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Classical mythology...ell in love with his own reflection in a pool he pined away and was turned into a flo...
... underworld for his crimes he sits in a pool which recedes when he bends to drink an...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
POOLBASICpool n
POOLTYPEwhirlpool n

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