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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 Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We heard his horn and instantly got up.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading We proceeded to dress by the gloom of a couple sickly candles, but we could hardly button anything, our hands shook so.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
Baths
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
bright
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We proceeded to dress by the gloom of a couple sickly candles, but we could hardly button anything, our hands shook so.
button
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From this reading We proceeded to dress by the gloom of a couple sickly candles, but we could hardly button anything, our hands shook so.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading We proceeded to dress by the gloom of a couple sickly candles, but we could hardly button anything, our hands shook so.
candles
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From this reading We proceeded to dress by the gloom of a couple sickly candles, but we could hardly button anything, our hands shook so.
Chamois
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
cheerful
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cold
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From this reading It was dark and cold and wretched.
Considerably
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
Corners
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We proceeded to dress by the gloom of a couple sickly candles, but we could hardly button anything, our hands shook so.
Countess
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading We proceeded to dress by the gloom of a couple sickly candles, but we could hardly button anything, our hands shook so.
dark
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From this reading It was dark and cold and wretched.
day
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
Death
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
Didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
Disappointed
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
down
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
dress
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From this reading We proceeded to dress by the gloom of a couple sickly candles, but we could hardly button anything, our hands shook so.
Emperor
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
Empress
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
Famous
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
Find
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
fumbled
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
Gemmi
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
Giantess
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
gloom
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From this reading We proceeded to dress by the gloom of a couple sickly candles, but we could hardly button anything, our hands shook so.
got
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From this reading We heard his horn and instantly got up.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
hardly
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From this reading We proceeded to dress by the gloom of a couple sickly candles, but we could hardly button anything, our hands shook so.
Harris's
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
Hat
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
heard
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From this reading We heard his horn and instantly got up.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
horn
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From this reading We heard his horn and instantly got up.
Horse
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
instantly
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From this reading We heard his horn and instantly got up.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was dark and cold and wretched.
kept
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
knocking
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
Ladders
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
Lady
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
Leuk
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
Looking
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
Man
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
matches
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
middle
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Minister
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
MixedverbUS /mɪkst/
involved with or connected to
From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
Model
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
Mountain
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
Opinion
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We proceeded to dress by the gloom of a couple sickly candles, but we could hardly button anything, our hands shook so.
Palace
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
Plight
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
Precipices
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
Prefereoces
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proceeded
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From this reading We proceeded to dress by the gloom of a couple sickly candles, but we could hardly button anything, our hands shook so.
quaking
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
rise
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Sad
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
Search
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
shook
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From this reading We proceeded to dress by the gloom of a couple sickly candles, but we could hardly button anything, our hands shook so.
sickly
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From this reading We proceeded to dress by the gloom of a couple sickly candles, but we could hardly button anything, our hands shook so.
sleepy
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading We proceeded to dress by the gloom of a couple sickly candles, but we could hardly button anything, our hands shook so.
Sport
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
sun
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
Sunrise
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
Terror
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
things
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We proceeded to dress by the gloom of a couple sickly candles, but we could hardly button anything, our hands shook so.
Tourists
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
Turning
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
Up
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
warm
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was dark and cold and wretched.
wasn't
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
Water
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
West
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
wished
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From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
word
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading As I fumbled around for the matches, knocking things down with my quaking hands, I wished the sun would rise in the middle of the day, when it was warm and bright and cheerful, and one wasn't sleepy.
wretched
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From this reading It was dark and cold and wretched.
young
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From this reading Prefereoces--Turning Mountain Corners--Terror of a Horse--Lady Tourists--Death of a young Countess--A Search for a Hat--What We Did Find--Harris's Opinion of Chamois--A Disappointed Man--A Giantess--Model for an Empress--Baths at Leuk--Sport in the Water--The Gemmi Precipices--A Palace for an Emperor--The Famous Ladders--Considerably Mixed Up--Sad Plight of a Minister [Looking West for Sunrise] He kept his word.
