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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 AUTHOR OF A ROMANCE IN TRANSIT, THE HELPERS, ETC.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
Acts
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From this reading Acts more dangerous, but less famous because they were but private chivalries.
air
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From this reading THE lights of Silverette were beginning to prick the dusk in the valley, and the clanging of a piano, diminished to a harmonious tinkling, floated up the mountain on the still air of the evening.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE lights of Silverette were beginning to prick the dusk in the valley, and the clanging of a piano, diminished to a harmonious tinkling, floated up the mountain on the still air of the evening.
assayer's
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From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
AUTHOR
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From this reading AUTHOR OF A ROMANCE IN TRANSIT, THE HELPERS, ETC.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Acts more dangerous, but less famous because they were but private chivalries.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE lights of Silverette were beginning to prick the dusk in the valley, and the clanging of a piano, diminished to a harmonious tinkling, floated up the mountain on the still air of the evening.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Acts more dangerous, but less famous because they were but private chivalries.
cabin
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From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
care-free
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From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
chivalries
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From this reading Acts more dangerous, but less famous because they were but private chivalries.
cigar
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From this reading But the other had no such pleasant memories, and he rose and relighted his cigar.
clanging
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From this reading THE lights of Silverette were beginning to prick the dusk in the valley, and the clanging of a piano, diminished to a harmonious tinkling, floated up the mountain on the still air of the evening.
clangour
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From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
compensations
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From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
dangerous
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From this reading Acts more dangerous, but less famous because they were but private chivalries.
diminished
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From this reading THE lights of Silverette were beginning to prick the dusk in the valley, and the clanging of a piano, diminished to a harmonious tinkling, floated up the mountain on the still air of the evening.
dusk
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From this reading THE lights of Silverette were beginning to prick the dusk in the valley, and the clanging of a piano, diminished to a harmonious tinkling, floated up the mountain on the still air of the evening.
ETC
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From this reading AUTHOR OF A ROMANCE IN TRANSIT, THE HELPERS, ETC.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
evening
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From this reading THE lights of Silverette were beginning to prick the dusk in the valley, and the clanging of a piano, diminished to a harmonious tinkling, floated up the mountain on the still air of the evening.
famous
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From this reading Acts more dangerous, but less famous because they were but private chivalries.
feet
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From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
floated
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From this reading THE lights of Silverette were beginning to prick the dusk in the valley, and the clanging of a piano, diminished to a harmonious tinkling, floated up the mountain on the still air of the evening.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
harmonious
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From this reading THE lights of Silverette were beginning to prick the dusk in the valley, and the clanging of a piano, diminished to a harmonious tinkling, floated up the mountain on the still air of the evening.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But the other had no such pleasant memories, and he rose and relighted his cigar.
HELPERS
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From this reading AUTHOR OF A ROMANCE IN TRANSIT, THE HELPERS, ETC.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But the other had no such pleasant memories, and he rose and relighted his cigar.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading AUTHOR OF A ROMANCE IN TRANSIT, THE HELPERS, ETC.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
Jessica
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From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
land
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From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
less
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From this reading Acts more dangerous, but less famous because they were but private chivalries.
lights
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From this reading THE lights of Silverette were beginning to prick the dusk in the valley, and the clanging of a piano, diminished to a harmonious tinkling, floated up the mountain on the still air of the evening.
memoriesnounUS /ˈmɛm.ə.riz/
Recollections of past events.
From this reading But the other had no such pleasant memories, and he rose and relighted his cigar.
men
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From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
minimized
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From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
more
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From this reading Acts more dangerous, but less famous because they were but private chivalries.
mountain
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From this reading THE lights of Silverette were beginning to prick the dusk in the valley, and the clanging of a piano, diminished to a harmonious tinkling, floated up the mountain on the still air of the evening.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But the other had no such pleasant memories, and he rose and relighted his cigar.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF A ROMANCE IN TRANSIT, THE HELPERS, ETC.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE lights of Silverette were beginning to prick the dusk in the valley, and the clanging of a piano, diminished to a harmonious tinkling, floated up the mountain on the still air of the evening.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
other
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From this reading But the other had no such pleasant memories, and he rose and relighted his cigar.
piano
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From this reading THE lights of Silverette were beginning to prick the dusk in the valley, and the clanging of a piano, diminished to a harmonious tinkling, floated up the mountain on the still air of the evening.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the other had no such pleasant memories, and he rose and relighted his cigar.
porch
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From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
prick
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From this reading THE lights of Silverette were beginning to prick the dusk in the valley, and the clanging of a piano, diminished to a harmonious tinkling, floated up the mountain on the still air of the evening.
private
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From this reading Acts more dangerous, but less famous because they were but private chivalries.
puncheon-floored
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From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
ramblings
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From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
relighted
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From this reading But the other had no such pleasant memories, and he rose and relighted his cigar.
remindful
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From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
ROMANCE
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From this reading AUTHOR OF A ROMANCE IN TRANSIT, THE HELPERS, ETC.
rose
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From this reading But the other had no such pleasant memories, and he rose and relighted his cigar.
Silverette
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From this reading THE lights of Silverette were beginning to prick the dusk in the valley, and the clanging of a piano, diminished to a harmonious tinkling, floated up the mountain on the still air of the evening.
sitting
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From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE lights of Silverette were beginning to prick the dusk in the valley, and the clanging of a piano, diminished to a harmonious tinkling, floated up the mountain on the still air of the evening.
student
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From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading But the other had no such pleasant memories, and he rose and relighted his cigar.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AUTHOR OF A ROMANCE IN TRANSIT, THE HELPERS, ETC.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Acts more dangerous, but less famous because they were but private chivalries.
thousand
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From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
tinkling
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From this reading THE lights of Silverette were beginning to prick the dusk in the valley, and the clanging of a piano, diminished to a harmonious tinkling, floated up the mountain on the still air of the evening.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE lights of Silverette were beginning to prick the dusk in the valley, and the clanging of a piano, diminished to a harmonious tinkling, floated up the mountain on the still air of the evening.
TRANSIT
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From this reading AUTHOR OF A ROMANCE IN TRANSIT, THE HELPERS, ETC.
tuneless
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From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
two
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From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
up
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From this reading THE lights of Silverette were beginning to prick the dusk in the valley, and the clanging of a piano, diminished to a harmonious tinkling, floated up the mountain on the still air of the evening.
valley
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From this reading THE lights of Silverette were beginning to prick the dusk in the valley, and the clanging of a piano, diminished to a harmonious tinkling, floated up the mountain on the still air of the evening.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Acts more dangerous, but less famous because they were but private chivalries.
workings
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From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
zither
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From this reading At the Jessica workings, a thousand feet above the valley, even the clangour of a tuneless piano had its compensations; and to one of the two men sitting on the puncheon-floored porch of the assayer’s cabin the minimized tinkling was remindful of care-free student ramblings in the land of the zither.
