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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 Around the high altar were placed large clumps of palms, and white azaleas with such a wealth of bloom that they seemed as white as snow, without the shadow of a leaf between flower and flower.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now and then the guests, politely restraining their impatience, turned towards the great door, which was open to the limpid spring sky, to watch if the couple, already late, had arrived.
altar
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
AroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Around the high altar were placed large clumps of palms, and white azaleas with such a wealth of bloom that they seemed as white as snow, without the shadow of a leaf between flower and flower.
arrived
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From this reading Now and then the guests, politely restraining their impatience, turned towards the great door, which was open to the limpid spring sky, to watch if the couple, already late, had arrived.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Around the high altar were placed large clumps of palms, and white azaleas with such a wealth of bloom that they seemed as white as snow, without the shadow of a leaf between flower and flower.
aspect
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From this reading The rest of the church, the greater part of it, which it would have been vain to decorate, kept its cold, marbled, and imposing aspect.
azaleas
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From this reading Around the high altar were placed large clumps of palms, and white azaleas with such a wealth of bloom that they seemed as white as snow, without the shadow of a leaf between flower and flower.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The rest of the church, the greater part of it, which it would have been vain to decorate, kept its cold, marbled, and imposing aspect.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Around the high altar were placed large clumps of palms, and white azaleas with such a wealth of bloom that they seemed as white as snow, without the shadow of a leaf between flower and flower.
bloom
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From this reading Around the high altar were placed large clumps of palms, and white azaleas with such a wealth of bloom that they seemed as white as snow, without the shadow of a leaf between flower and flower.
carpets
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From this reading Some soft dark carpets descended from the altar as far as the first row of seats.
central
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
church
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clumps
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From this reading Around the high altar were placed large clumps of palms, and white azaleas with such a wealth of bloom that they seemed as white as snow, without the shadow of a leaf between flower and flower.
cold
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From this reading The rest of the church, the greater part of it, which it would have been vain to decorate, kept its cold, marbled, and imposing aspect.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading Now and then the guests, politely restraining their impatience, turned towards the great door, which was open to the limpid spring sky, to watch if the couple, already late, had arrived.
dark
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From this reading Some soft dark carpets descended from the altar as far as the first row of seats.
decorate
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From this reading The rest of the church, the greater part of it, which it would have been vain to decorate, kept its cold, marbled, and imposing aspect.
dedicated
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
del
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
descendednounUS /ˈdescended/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Some soft dark carpets descended from the altar as far as the first row of seats.
door
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From this reading Now and then the guests, politely restraining their impatience, turned towards the great door, which was open to the limpid spring sky, to watch if the couple, already late, had arrived.
far
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From this reading Some soft dark carpets descended from the altar as far as the first row of seats.
filled
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some soft dark carpets descended from the altar as far as the first row of seats.
flower
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From this reading Around the high altar were placed large clumps of palms, and white azaleas with such a wealth of bloom that they seemed as white as snow, without the shadow of a leaf between flower and flower.
frequent
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Some soft dark carpets descended from the altar as far as the first row of seats.
gathered
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now and then the guests, politely restraining their impatience, turned towards the great door, which was open to the limpid spring sky, to watch if the couple, already late, had arrived.
greater
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From this reading The rest of the church, the greater part of it, which it would have been vain to decorate, kept its cold, marbled, and imposing aspect.
guests
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Now and then the guests, politely restraining their impatience, turned towards the great door, which was open to the limpid spring sky, to watch if the couple, already late, had arrived.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The rest of the church, the greater part of it, which it would have been vain to decorate, kept its cold, marbled, and imposing aspect.
high
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Now and then the guests, politely restraining their impatience, turned towards the great door, which was open to the limpid spring sky, to watch if the couple, already late, had arrived.
impatience
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From this reading Now and then the guests, politely restraining their impatience, turned towards the great door, which was open to the limpid spring sky, to watch if the couple, already late, had arrived.
imposing
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From this reading The rest of the church, the greater part of it, which it would have been vain to decorate, kept its cold, marbled, and imposing aspect.
invited
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The rest of the church, the greater part of it, which it would have been vain to decorate, kept its cold, marbled, and imposing aspect.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The rest of the church, the greater part of it, which it would have been vain to decorate, kept its cold, marbled, and imposing aspect.
kept
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From this reading The rest of the church, the greater part of it, which it would have been vain to decorate, kept its cold, marbled, and imposing aspect.
large
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
late
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From this reading Now and then the guests, politely restraining their impatience, turned towards the great door, which was open to the limpid spring sky, to watch if the couple, already late, had arrived.
leaf
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From this reading Around the high altar were placed large clumps of palms, and white azaleas with such a wealth of bloom that they seemed as white as snow, without the shadow of a leaf between flower and flower.
limpid
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From this reading Now and then the guests, politely restraining their impatience, turned towards the great door, which was open to the limpid spring sky, to watch if the couple, already late, had arrived.
marbled
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From this reading The rest of the church, the greater part of it, which it would have been vain to decorate, kept its cold, marbled, and imposing aspect.
Maria
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
more
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
nave
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
now
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Now and then the guests, politely restraining their impatience, turned towards the great door, which was open to the limpid spring sky, to watch if the couple, already late, had arrived.
palms
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From this reading Around the high altar were placed large clumps of palms, and white azaleas with such a wealth of bloom that they seemed as white as snow, without the shadow of a leaf between flower and flower.
PARDON
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The rest of the church, the greater part of it, which it would have been vain to decorate, kept its cold, marbled, and imposing aspect.
placed
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From this reading Around the high altar were placed large clumps of palms, and white azaleas with such a wealth of bloom that they seemed as white as snow, without the shadow of a leaf between flower and flower.
politely
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From this reading Now and then the guests, politely restraining their impatience, turned towards the great door, which was open to the limpid spring sky, to watch if the couple, already late, had arrived.
Popolo
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
preserved
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
restraining
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From this reading Now and then the guests, politely restraining their impatience, turned towards the great door, which was open to the limpid spring sky, to watch if the couple, already late, had arrived.
Roman
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
row
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From this reading Some soft dark carpets descended from the altar as far as the first row of seats.
Santa
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
seats
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From this reading Some soft dark carpets descended from the altar as far as the first row of seats.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Around the high altar were placed large clumps of palms, and white azaleas with such a wealth of bloom that they seemed as white as snow, without the shadow of a leaf between flower and flower.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading Around the high altar were placed large clumps of palms, and white azaleas with such a wealth of bloom that they seemed as white as snow, without the shadow of a leaf between flower and flower.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
sky
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From this reading Now and then the guests, politely restraining their impatience, turned towards the great door, which was open to the limpid spring sky, to watch if the couple, already late, had arrived.
slow
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
snow
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From this reading Around the high altar were placed large clumps of palms, and white azaleas with such a wealth of bloom that they seemed as white as snow, without the shadow of a leaf between flower and flower.
soft
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From this reading Some soft dark carpets descended from the altar as far as the first row of seats.
solitude
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
Some
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From this reading Some soft dark carpets descended from the altar as far as the first row of seats.
spring
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From this reading Now and then the guests, politely restraining their impatience, turned towards the great door, which was open to the limpid spring sky, to watch if the couple, already late, had arrived.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Around the high altar were placed large clumps of palms, and white azaleas with such a wealth of bloom that they seemed as white as snow, without the shadow of a leaf between flower and flower.
temples
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Around the high altar were placed large clumps of palms, and white azaleas with such a wealth of bloom that they seemed as white as snow, without the shadow of a leaf between flower and flower.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Now and then the guests, politely restraining their impatience, turned towards the great door, which was open to the limpid spring sky, to watch if the couple, already late, had arrived.
then
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From this reading Now and then the guests, politely restraining their impatience, turned towards the great door, which was open to the limpid spring sky, to watch if the couple, already late, had arrived.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Around the high altar were placed large clumps of palms, and white azaleas with such a wealth of bloom that they seemed as white as snow, without the shadow of a leaf between flower and flower.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
top
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Now and then the guests, politely restraining their impatience, turned towards the great door, which was open to the limpid spring sky, to watch if the couple, already late, had arrived.
turned
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From this reading Now and then the guests, politely restraining their impatience, turned towards the great door, which was open to the limpid spring sky, to watch if the couple, already late, had arrived.
usual
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
vain
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From this reading The rest of the church, the greater part of it, which it would have been vain to decorate, kept its cold, marbled, and imposing aspect.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Now and then the guests, politely restraining their impatience, turned towards the great door, which was open to the limpid spring sky, to watch if the couple, already late, had arrived.
watch
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From this reading Now and then the guests, politely restraining their impatience, turned towards the great door, which was open to the limpid spring sky, to watch if the couple, already late, had arrived.
wealth
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From this reading Around the high altar were placed large clumps of palms, and white azaleas with such a wealth of bloom that they seemed as white as snow, without the shadow of a leaf between flower and flower.
wedding
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The rest of the church, the greater part of it, which it would have been vain to decorate, kept its cold, marbled, and imposing aspect.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
Whisperings
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From this reading THE PARDON I Whisperings, now slow now more frequent, filled the top of the church dedicated to Santa Maria del Popolo, where the guests invited to the wedding were gathered before the high altar, while the rest of the large central nave preserved the usual solitude and silence of Roman temples.
white
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From this reading Around the high altar were placed large clumps of palms, and white azaleas with such a wealth of bloom that they seemed as white as snow, without the shadow of a leaf between flower and flower.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Around the high altar were placed large clumps of palms, and white azaleas with such a wealth of bloom that they seemed as white as snow, without the shadow of a leaf between flower and flower.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Around the high altar were placed large clumps of palms, and white azaleas with such a wealth of bloom that they seemed as white as snow, without the shadow of a leaf between flower and flower.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The rest of the church, the greater part of it, which it would have been vain to decorate, kept its cold, marbled, and imposing aspect.
