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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 It had been a brilliant night.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
all
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From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Far into the night he had lingered, visiting every corner of the dearly loved home, then at last he had turned away and walked steadily along the road which led to Marlborough.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Far into the night he had lingered, visiting every corner of the dearly loved home, then at last he had turned away and walked steadily along the road which led to Marlborough.
away
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From this reading Far into the night he had lingered, visiting every corner of the dearly loved home, then at last he had turned away and walked steadily along the road which led to Marlborough.
beauty
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From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It had been a brilliant night.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun rose in a blaze of splendor and the birds began to twitter.
bewitching
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From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
bidding
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From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
birds
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From this reading The sun rose in a blaze of splendor and the birds began to twitter.
blaze
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From this reading The sun rose in a blaze of splendor and the birds began to twitter.
brilliant
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From this reading It had been a brilliant night.
clad
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From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
corner
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From this reading Far into the night he had lingered, visiting every corner of the dearly loved home, then at last he had turned away and walked steadily along the road which led to Marlborough.
creatures
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From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
dawning
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From this reading John Randolph walked slowly through the soft dawning.
dearly
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From this reading Far into the night he had lingered, visiting every corner of the dearly loved home, then at last he had turned away and walked steadily along the road which led to Marlborough.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Far into the night he had lingered, visiting every corner of the dearly loved home, then at last he had turned away and walked steadily along the road which led to Marlborough.
Far
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From this reading Far into the night he had lingered, visiting every corner of the dearly loved home, then at last he had turned away and walked steadily along the road which led to Marlborough.
farewell
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From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
good-bye
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From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
graceful
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From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had been a brilliant night.
harder
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From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
Hollywood
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From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
home
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From this reading Far into the night he had lingered, visiting every corner of the dearly loved home, then at last he had turned away and walked steadily along the road which led to Marlborough.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Far into the night he had lingered, visiting every corner of the dearly loved home, then at last he had turned away and walked steadily along the road which led to Marlborough.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had been a brilliant night.
John
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From this reading John Randolph walked slowly through the soft dawning.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Far into the night he had lingered, visiting every corner of the dearly loved home, then at last he had turned away and walked steadily along the road which led to Marlborough.
late
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From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
led
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From this reading Far into the night he had lingered, visiting every corner of the dearly loved home, then at last he had turned away and walked steadily along the road which led to Marlborough.
lingered
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From this reading Far into the night he had lingered, visiting every corner of the dearly loved home, then at last he had turned away and walked steadily along the road which led to Marlborough.
loved
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From this reading Far into the night he had lingered, visiting every corner of the dearly loved home, then at last he had turned away and walked steadily along the road which led to Marlborough.
made
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From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
Marlborough
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From this reading Far into the night he had lingered, visiting every corner of the dearly loved home, then at last he had turned away and walked steadily along the road which led to Marlborough.
moon
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From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
night
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From this reading It had been a brilliant night.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Far into the night he had lingered, visiting every corner of the dearly loved home, then at last he had turned away and walked steadily along the road which led to Marlborough.
Randolph
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From this reading John Randolph walked slowly through the soft dawning.
risen
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From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
road
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From this reading Far into the night he had lingered, visiting every corner of the dearly loved home, then at last he had turned away and walked steadily along the road which led to Marlborough.
rose
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From this reading The sun rose in a blaze of splendor and the birds began to twitter.
say
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From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
see
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From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
slowly
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From this reading John Randolph walked slowly through the soft dawning.
soft
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From this reading John Randolph walked slowly through the soft dawning.
splendornounUS /ˈsplen.dər/
Magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur and brilliance.
From this reading The sun rose in a blaze of splendor and the birds began to twitter.
steadily
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From this reading Far into the night he had lingered, visiting every corner of the dearly loved home, then at last he had turned away and walked steadily along the road which led to Marlborough.
sun
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From this reading The sun rose in a blaze of splendor and the birds began to twitter.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading John Randolph walked slowly through the soft dawning.
then
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From this reading Far into the night he had lingered, visiting every corner of the dearly loved home, then at last he had turned away and walked steadily along the road which led to Marlborough.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading John Randolph walked slowly through the soft dawning.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
turned
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From this reading Far into the night he had lingered, visiting every corner of the dearly loved home, then at last he had turned away and walked steadily along the road which led to Marlborough.
twitter
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From this reading The sun rose in a blaze of splendor and the birds began to twitter.
visiting
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From this reading Far into the night he had lingered, visiting every corner of the dearly loved home, then at last he had turned away and walked steadily along the road which led to Marlborough.
walked
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From this reading John Randolph walked slowly through the soft dawning.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The late moon had risen as he was bidding good-bye to the graceful creatures he should never see again, and Hollywood had been clad in a bewitching beauty which made it all the harder to say farewell.
