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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 FRANCIS The Italian hill-cities are such a strange novelty to the American of the Middle West--used only to the flat reaches of the prairie, and the city or town gathered primarily about the railway-station.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading FRANCIS The Italian hill-cities are such a strange novelty to the American of the Middle West--used only to the flat reaches of the prairie, and the city or town gathered primarily about the railway-station.
All
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From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading One sees a whole series of them ranged along the eastern ridge of the Apennines as one travels northward from Rome.
also
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
American
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From this reading FRANCIS The Italian hill-cities are such a strange novelty to the American of the Middle West--used only to the flat reaches of the prairie, and the city or town gathered primarily about the railway-station.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FRANCIS The Italian hill-cities are such a strange novelty to the American of the Middle West--used only to the flat reaches of the prairie, and the city or town gathered primarily about the railway-station.
Apennines
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From this reading One sees a whole series of them ranged along the eastern ridge of the Apennines as one travels northward from Rome.
appeared
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From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading FRANCIS The Italian hill-cities are such a strange novelty to the American of the Middle West--used only to the flat reaches of the prairie, and the city or town gathered primarily about the railway-station.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading One sees a whole series of them ranged along the eastern ridge of the Apennines as one travels northward from Rome.
Assisi
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From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
back
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
came
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
care
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
caused
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
change
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
church
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From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
CITY
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From this reading THE CITY OF ST.
dictum
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
earth
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
eastern
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From this reading One sees a whole series of them ranged along the eastern ridge of the Apennines as one travels northward from Rome.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
embrace
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
examples
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From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
fact
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
father
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
flat
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From this reading FRANCIS The Italian hill-cities are such a strange novelty to the American of the Middle West--used only to the flat reaches of the prairie, and the city or town gathered primarily about the railway-station.
follow
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
fortress
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From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
FRANCIS
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From this reading FRANCIS The Italian hill-cities are such a strange novelty to the American of the Middle West--used only to the flat reaches of the prairie, and the city or town gathered primarily about the railway-station.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading One sees a whole series of them ranged along the eastern ridge of the Apennines as one travels northward from Rome.
gathered
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From this reading FRANCIS The Italian hill-cities are such a strange novelty to the American of the Middle West--used only to the flat reaches of the prairie, and the city or town gathered primarily about the railway-station.
gay
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
got
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From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
hand
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From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
heart
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
heaven
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
hill
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From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
hill-cities
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From this reading FRANCIS The Italian hill-cities are such a strange novelty to the American of the Middle West--used only to the flat reaches of the prairie, and the city or town gathered primarily about the railway-station.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
idealistic
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
Italian
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From this reading FRANCIS The Italian hill-cities are such a strange novelty to the American of the Middle West--used only to the flat reaches of the prairie, and the city or town gathered primarily about the railway-station.
Lay
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
led
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
Middle
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From this reading FRANCIS The Italian hill-cities are such a strange novelty to the American of the Middle West--used only to the flat reaches of the prairie, and the city or town gathered primarily about the railway-station.
monastery
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From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
needy
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
northward
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From this reading One sees a whole series of them ranged along the eastern ridge of the Apennines as one travels northward from Rome.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
noting
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From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
novelty
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From this reading FRANCIS The Italian hill-cities are such a strange novelty to the American of the Middle West--used only to the flat reaches of the prairie, and the city or town gathered primarily about the railway-station.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CITY OF ST.
off
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From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One sees a whole series of them ranged along the eastern ridge of the Apennines as one travels northward from Rome.
only
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From this reading FRANCIS The Italian hill-cities are such a strange novelty to the American of the Middle West--used only to the flat reaches of the prairie, and the city or town gathered primarily about the railway-station.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading FRANCIS The Italian hill-cities are such a strange novelty to the American of the Middle West--used only to the flat reaches of the prairie, and the city or town gathered primarily about the railway-station.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
poverty
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
prairie
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From this reading FRANCIS The Italian hill-cities are such a strange novelty to the American of the Middle West--used only to the flat reaches of the prairie, and the city or town gathered primarily about the railway-station.
precisely
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
primarily
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From this reading FRANCIS The Italian hill-cities are such a strange novelty to the American of the Middle West--used only to the flat reaches of the prairie, and the city or town gathered primarily about the railway-station.
railway-station
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From this reading FRANCIS The Italian hill-cities are such a strange novelty to the American of the Middle West--used only to the flat reaches of the prairie, and the city or town gathered primarily about the railway-station.
ranged
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From this reading One sees a whole series of them ranged along the eastern ridge of the Apennines as one travels northward from Rome.
reaches
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From this reading FRANCIS The Italian hill-cities are such a strange novelty to the American of the Middle West--used only to the flat reaches of the prairie, and the city or town gathered primarily about the railway-station.
ridge
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From this reading One sees a whole series of them ranged along the eastern ridge of the Apennines as one travels northward from Rome.
Rome
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From this reading One sees a whole series of them ranged along the eastern ridge of the Apennines as one travels northward from Rome.
saw
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From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
says
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
sees
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From this reading One sees a whole series of them ranged along the eastern ridge of the Apennines as one travels northward from Rome.
series
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From this reading One sees a whole series of them ranged along the eastern ridge of the Apennines as one travels northward from Rome.
sheer
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From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
ST
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From this reading THE CITY OF ST.
strange
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From this reading FRANCIS The Italian hill-cities are such a strange novelty to the American of the Middle West--used only to the flat reaches of the prairie, and the city or town gathered primarily about the railway-station.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading FRANCIS The Italian hill-cities are such a strange novelty to the American of the Middle West--used only to the flat reaches of the prairie, and the city or town gathered primarily about the railway-station.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CITY OF ST.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading One sees a whole series of them ranged along the eastern ridge of the Apennines as one travels northward from Rome.
there
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FRANCIS The Italian hill-cities are such a strange novelty to the American of the Middle West--used only to the flat reaches of the prairie, and the city or town gathered primarily about the railway-station.
town
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From this reading FRANCIS The Italian hill-cities are such a strange novelty to the American of the Middle West--used only to the flat reaches of the prairie, and the city or town gathered primarily about the railway-station.
train
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From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
travels
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From this reading One sees a whole series of them ranged along the eastern ridge of the Apennines as one travels northward from Rome.
treasure
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
treasures
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
up
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From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
used
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From this reading FRANCIS The Italian hill-cities are such a strange novelty to the American of the Middle West--used only to the flat reaches of the prairie, and the city or town gathered primarily about the railway-station.
valley
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From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
vision
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
walls
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From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
way
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From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
well-to-do
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
West
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From this reading FRANCIS The Italian hill-cities are such a strange novelty to the American of the Middle West--used only to the flat reaches of the prairie, and the city or town gathered primarily about the railway-station.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading All the way up this valley I had been noting examples on either hand but when I got off the train at Assisi I saw what appeared to be a great fortress on a distant hill--the sheer walls of the church and monastery of St. Francis.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
whole
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From this reading One sees a whole series of them ranged along the eastern ridge of the Apennines as one travels northward from Rome.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
yourselvespronounUS /jʊrˈselvz/
used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action
From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
youth
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From this reading It all came back to me, the fact that St. Francis had been born here of a well-to-do father, that he had led a gay life in his youth, had had his “vision”--his change of heart--which caused him to embrace poverty, the care of the poor and needy and to follow precisely that idealistic dictum which says: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,... but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,... for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.”
