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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 Her awaking had come with a rush of pure, bubbling, unalloyed joy which turned her cheeks the hue of the rose, starred her eyes and melted her lips into heavenly curves.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
all
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From this reading Their fatigue demanded and was having its way in the processes of recuperation and they all slept on serenely.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
ANDREW
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From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
Andrew's
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From this reading In her exquisite innocence it never dawned upon her that the moments spent in Andrew's arms under the winter moon were any but those of rapturous betrothal and her love had flowered in confident happiness.
any
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From this reading In her exquisite innocence it never dawned upon her that the moments spent in Andrew's arms under the winter moon were any but those of rapturous betrothal and her love had flowered in confident happiness.
arms
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From this reading In her exquisite innocence it never dawned upon her that the moments spent in Andrew's arms under the winter moon were any but those of rapturous betrothal and her love had flowered in confident happiness.
astir
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From this reading Only Caroline Darrah was astir with the first deep notes of the early morning bells.
awaking
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From this reading Her awaking had come with a rush of pure, bubbling, unalloyed joy which turned her cheeks the hue of the rose, starred her eyes and melted her lips into heavenly curves.
bells
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From this reading Only Caroline Darrah was astir with the first deep notes of the early morning bells.
betrothal
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From this reading In her exquisite innocence it never dawned upon her that the moments spent in Andrew's arms under the winter moon were any but those of rapturous betrothal and her love had flowered in confident happiness.
bubblingnounUS /ˈbubbling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Her awaking had come with a rush of pure, bubbling, unalloyed joy which turned her cheeks the hue of the rose, starred her eyes and melted her lips into heavenly curves.
Buchanan
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From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading In her exquisite innocence it never dawned upon her that the moments spent in Andrew's arms under the winter moon were any but those of rapturous betrothal and her love had flowered in confident happiness.
Caroline
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From this reading Only Caroline Darrah was astir with the first deep notes of the early morning bells.
cheeks
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From this reading Her awaking had come with a rush of pure, bubbling, unalloyed joy which turned her cheeks the hue of the rose, starred her eyes and melted her lips into heavenly curves.
city
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From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
close-shuttered
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From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her awaking had come with a rush of pure, bubbling, unalloyed joy which turned her cheeks the hue of the rose, starred her eyes and melted her lips into heavenly curves.
confident
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From this reading In her exquisite innocence it never dawned upon her that the moments spent in Andrew's arms under the winter moon were any but those of rapturous betrothal and her love had flowered in confident happiness.
curves
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From this reading Her awaking had come with a rush of pure, bubbling, unalloyed joy which turned her cheeks the hue of the rose, starred her eyes and melted her lips into heavenly curves.
Darrah
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From this reading Only Caroline Darrah was astir with the first deep notes of the early morning bells.
dawned
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From this reading In her exquisite innocence it never dawned upon her that the moments spent in Andrew's arms under the winter moon were any but those of rapturous betrothal and her love had flowered in confident happiness.
deep
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From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
demanded
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From this reading Their fatigue demanded and was having its way in the processes of recuperation and they all slept on serenely.
descendednounUS /ˈdescended/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
early
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From this reading Only Caroline Darrah was astir with the first deep notes of the early morning bells.
exquisite
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From this reading In her exquisite innocence it never dawned upon her that the moments spent in Andrew's arms under the winter moon were any but those of rapturous betrothal and her love had flowered in confident happiness.
eyes
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From this reading Her awaking had come with a rush of pure, bubbling, unalloyed joy which turned her cheeks the hue of the rose, starred her eyes and melted her lips into heavenly curves.
fatigue
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From this reading Their fatigue demanded and was having its way in the processes of recuperation and they all slept on serenely.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Only Caroline Darrah was astir with the first deep notes of the early morning bells.
flowered
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From this reading In her exquisite innocence it never dawned upon her that the moments spent in Andrew's arms under the winter moon were any but those of rapturous betrothal and her love had flowered in confident happiness.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
frost-jeweled
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From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
happiness
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From this reading In her exquisite innocence it never dawned upon her that the moments spent in Andrew's arms under the winter moon were any but those of rapturous betrothal and her love had flowered in confident happiness.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Their fatigue demanded and was having its way in the processes of recuperation and they all slept on serenely.
heavenly
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From this reading Her awaking had come with a rush of pure, bubbling, unalloyed joy which turned her cheeks the hue of the rose, starred her eyes and melted her lips into heavenly curves.
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her awaking had come with a rush of pure, bubbling, unalloyed joy which turned her cheeks the hue of the rose, starred her eyes and melted her lips into heavenly curves.
HOME
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From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
household
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From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
hue
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From this reading Her awaking had come with a rush of pure, bubbling, unalloyed joy which turned her cheeks the hue of the rose, starred her eyes and melted her lips into heavenly curves.
hunt
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From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
innocence
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From this reading In her exquisite innocence it never dawned upon her that the moments spent in Andrew's arms under the winter moon were any but those of rapturous betrothal and her love had flowered in confident happiness.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Her awaking had come with a rush of pure, bubbling, unalloyed joy which turned her cheeks the hue of the rose, starred her eyes and melted her lips into heavenly curves.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In her exquisite innocence it never dawned upon her that the moments spent in Andrew's arms under the winter moon were any but those of rapturous betrothal and her love had flowered in confident happiness.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Their fatigue demanded and was having its way in the processes of recuperation and they all slept on serenely.
joy
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From this reading Her awaking had come with a rush of pure, bubbling, unalloyed joy which turned her cheeks the hue of the rose, starred her eyes and melted her lips into heavenly curves.
lips
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From this reading Her awaking had come with a rush of pure, bubbling, unalloyed joy which turned her cheeks the hue of the rose, starred her eyes and melted her lips into heavenly curves.
love
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From this reading In her exquisite innocence it never dawned upon her that the moments spent in Andrew's arms under the winter moon were any but those of rapturous betrothal and her love had flowered in confident happiness.
LOVE'S
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From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
melted
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From this reading Her awaking had come with a rush of pure, bubbling, unalloyed joy which turned her cheeks the hue of the rose, starred her eyes and melted her lips into heavenly curves.
moments
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From this reading In her exquisite innocence it never dawned upon her that the moments spent in Andrew's arms under the winter moon were any but those of rapturous betrothal and her love had flowered in confident happiness.
moon
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From this reading In her exquisite innocence it never dawned upon her that the moments spent in Andrew's arms under the winter moon were any but those of rapturous betrothal and her love had flowered in confident happiness.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In her exquisite innocence it never dawned upon her that the moments spent in Andrew's arms under the winter moon were any but those of rapturous betrothal and her love had flowered in confident happiness.
notes
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From this reading Only Caroline Darrah was astir with the first deep notes of the early morning bells.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Their fatigue demanded and was having its way in the processes of recuperation and they all slept on serenely.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
Only
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From this reading Only Caroline Darrah was astir with the first deep notes of the early morning bells.
processes
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From this reading Their fatigue demanded and was having its way in the processes of recuperation and they all slept on serenely.
pure
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From this reading Her awaking had come with a rush of pure, bubbling, unalloyed joy which turned her cheeks the hue of the rose, starred her eyes and melted her lips into heavenly curves.
quiet
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From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
rapturous
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From this reading In her exquisite innocence it never dawned upon her that the moments spent in Andrew's arms under the winter moon were any but those of rapturous betrothal and her love had flowered in confident happiness.
recuperation
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From this reading Their fatigue demanded and was having its way in the processes of recuperation and they all slept on serenely.
rose
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From this reading Her awaking had come with a rush of pure, bubbling, unalloyed joy which turned her cheeks the hue of the rose, starred her eyes and melted her lips into heavenly curves.
rush
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From this reading Her awaking had come with a rush of pure, bubbling, unalloyed joy which turned her cheeks the hue of the rose, starred her eyes and melted her lips into heavenly curves.
Sabbath
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From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
serenely
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From this reading Their fatigue demanded and was having its way in the processes of recuperation and they all slept on serenely.
SEVIER
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From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
sleep
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From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
slept
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From this reading Their fatigue demanded and was having its way in the processes of recuperation and they all slept on serenely.
spent
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From this reading In her exquisite innocence it never dawned upon her that the moments spent in Andrew's arms under the winter moon were any but those of rapturous betrothal and her love had flowered in confident happiness.
starred
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From this reading Her awaking had come with a rush of pure, bubbling, unalloyed joy which turned her cheeks the hue of the rose, starred her eyes and melted her lips into heavenly curves.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In her exquisite innocence it never dawned upon her that the moments spent in Andrew's arms under the winter moon were any but those of rapturous betrothal and her love had flowered in confident happiness.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their fatigue demanded and was having its way in the processes of recuperation and they all slept on serenely.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Their fatigue demanded and was having its way in the processes of recuperation and they all slept on serenely.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading In her exquisite innocence it never dawned upon her that the moments spent in Andrew's arms under the winter moon were any but those of rapturous betrothal and her love had flowered in confident happiness.
turned
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From this reading Her awaking had come with a rush of pure, bubbling, unalloyed joy which turned her cheeks the hue of the rose, starred her eyes and melted her lips into heavenly curves.
unalloyed
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From this reading Her awaking had come with a rush of pure, bubbling, unalloyed joy which turned her cheeks the hue of the rose, starred her eyes and melted her lips into heavenly curves.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading In her exquisite innocence it never dawned upon her that the moments spent in Andrew's arms under the winter moon were any but those of rapturous betrothal and her love had flowered in confident happiness.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading In her exquisite innocence it never dawned upon her that the moments spent in Andrew's arms under the winter moon were any but those of rapturous betrothal and her love had flowered in confident happiness.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Their fatigue demanded and was having its way in the processes of recuperation and they all slept on serenely.
way
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From this reading Their fatigue demanded and was having its way in the processes of recuperation and they all slept on serenely.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In her exquisite innocence it never dawned upon her that the moments spent in Andrew's arms under the winter moon were any but those of rapturous betrothal and her love had flowered in confident happiness.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading LOVE'S HOME AND ANDREW SEVIER And the Sabbath quiet which had descended on the frost-jeweled city the morning after the hunt found the Buchanan household still deep in close-shuttered sleep.
winter
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From this reading In her exquisite innocence it never dawned upon her that the moments spent in Andrew's arms under the winter moon were any but those of rapturous betrothal and her love had flowered in confident happiness.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Only Caroline Darrah was astir with the first deep notes of the early morning bells.
