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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 Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
Aaron
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
Aaron's
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From this reading The very afternoon after Aaron's arrival in Florence the sky became dark, the wind cold, and rain began steadily to fall.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
AcrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Across, the dark green hills looked darker in the wet, the umbrella pines held up in vain above the villas.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The very afternoon after Aaron's arrival in Florence the sky became dark, the wind cold, and rain began steadily to fall.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The very afternoon after Aaron's arrival in Florence the sky became dark, the wind cold, and rain began steadily to fall.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The very afternoon after Aaron's arrival in Florence the sky became dark, the wind cold, and rain began steadily to fall.
arrival
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From this reading The very afternoon after Aaron's arrival in Florence the sky became dark, the wind cold, and rain began steadily to fall.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
away
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From this reading But away below, on the Lungarno, traffic rattled as ever.
became
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From this reading The very afternoon after Aaron's arrival in Florence the sky became dark, the wind cold, and rain began steadily to fall.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The very afternoon after Aaron's arrival in Florence the sky became dark, the wind cold, and rain began steadily to fall.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading But away below, on the Lungarno, traffic rattled as ever.
big
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From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
bits
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
bleak
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From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
bread
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
brown
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But away below, on the Lungarno, traffic rattled as ever.
came
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From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
cold
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From this reading The very afternoon after Aaron's arrival in Florence the sky became dark, the wind cold, and rain began steadily to fall.
Danish
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
dark
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From this reading The very afternoon after Aaron's arrival in Florence the sky became dark, the wind cold, and rain began steadily to fall.
darker
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From this reading Across, the dark green hills looked darker in the wet, the umbrella pines held up in vain above the villas.
darkish
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
down
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From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
drinking
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
Dutch
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
earth
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
eating
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
else
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But away below, on the Lungarno, traffic rattled as ever.
fall
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From this reading The very afternoon after Aaron's arrival in Florence the sky became dark, the wind cold, and rain began steadily to fall.
five
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
flood
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From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
Florence
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From this reading The very afternoon after Aaron's arrival in Florence the sky became dark, the wind cold, and rain began steadily to fall.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
fuse
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From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
fused
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From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
green
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From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
group
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
held
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From this reading Across, the dark green hills looked darker in the wet, the umbrella pines held up in vain above the villas.
herb-brew
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
hills
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From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
hoped
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The very afternoon after Aaron's arrival in Florence the sky became dark, the wind cold, and rain began steadily to fall.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
jam
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
like
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Across, the dark green hills looked darker in the wet, the umbrella pines held up in vain above the villas.
Lungarno
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From this reading But away below, on the Lungarno, traffic rattled as ever.
many-threaded
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From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
mostly
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
o'clock
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But away below, on the Lungarno, traffic rattled as ever.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
pale
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From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
peculiar
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
pines
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From this reading Across, the dark green hills looked darker in the wet, the umbrella pines held up in vain above the villas.
rain
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From this reading The very afternoon after Aaron's arrival in Florence the sky became dark, the wind cold, and rain began steadily to fall.
rattled
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From this reading But away below, on the Lungarno, traffic rattled as ever.
river
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From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
room
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From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
sat
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From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
sky
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From this reading The very afternoon after Aaron's arrival in Florence the sky became dark, the wind cold, and rain began steadily to fall.
smear
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
smeared
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
steadily
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From this reading The very afternoon after Aaron's arrival in Florence the sky became dark, the wind cold, and rain began steadily to fall.
streams
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From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
surface
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From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
Swedes
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swiftly
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From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
tasted
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
tea
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The very afternoon after Aaron's arrival in Florence the sky became dark, the wind cold, and rain began steadily to fall.
thick
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The very afternoon after Aaron's arrival in Florence the sky became dark, the wind cold, and rain began steadily to fall.
traffic
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From this reading But away below, on the Lungarno, traffic rattled as ever.
two
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
umbrella
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From this reading Across, the dark green hills looked darker in the wet, the umbrella pines held up in vain above the villas.
up
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From this reading Across, the dark green hills looked darker in the wet, the umbrella pines held up in vain above the villas.
vain
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From this reading Across, the dark green hills looked darker in the wet, the umbrella pines held up in vain above the villas.
very
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From this reading The very afternoon after Aaron's arrival in Florence the sky became dark, the wind cold, and rain began steadily to fall.
villas
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From this reading Across, the dark green hills looked darker in the wet, the umbrella pines held up in vain above the villas.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
watched
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From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
water
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From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
wet
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From this reading Across, the dark green hills looked darker in the wet, the umbrella pines held up in vain above the villas.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The very afternoon after Aaron's arrival in Florence the sky became dark, the wind cold, and rain began steadily to fall.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
women
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From this reading Aaron went down at five o'clock to tea, and found himself alone next a group of women, mostly Swedes or Danish or Dutch, drinking a peculiar brown herb-brew which tasted like nothing else on earth, and eating two thick bits of darkish bread smeared with a brown smear which hoped it was jam, but hoped in vain.
yellow
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From this reading He sat in his big, bleak room above the river, and watched the pale green water fused with yellow, the many-threaded streams fuse into one, as swiftly the surface flood came down from the hills.
