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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 THE ISLAND OF KHIOS I find this fragment of memoirs written a year after the wreck of Lord Falmouth's yacht off the coast of Malta.
accurately
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From this reading If I had the least literary pretension, I would not dare to say that these pages, written on the spur of the moment, depict very accurately the enchanting scenes in the midst of which I had been living for the last year in the sweetest of _far-nientes._
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading THE ISLAND OF KHIOS I find this fragment of memoirs written a year after the wreck of Lord Falmouth's yacht off the coast of Malta.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
antique
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
any
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From this reading Not once did I feel any remorse, not once did I feel my heart.
Asiatic
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
beauty
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading If I had the least literary pretension, I would not dare to say that these pages, written on the spur of the moment, depict very accurately the enchanting scenes in the midst of which I had been living for the last year in the sweetest of _far-nientes._
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
blue
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
caused
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From this reading That year should have been the happiest year of my life; for those few charmed days never caused me the least moral suffering.
charmed
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From this reading That year should have been the happiest year of my life; for those few charmed days never caused me the least moral suffering.
coast
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From this reading THE ISLAND OF KHIOS I find this fragment of memoirs written a year after the wreck of Lord Falmouth's yacht off the coast of Malta.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
coming
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
created
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
dare
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dark
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
days
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From this reading That year should have been the happiest year of my life; for those few charmed days never caused me the least moral suffering.
depict
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didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Not once did I feel any remorse, not once did I feel my heart.
enchanting
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Europe
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
eyes
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
Falmouth's
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From this reading THE ISLAND OF KHIOS I find this fragment of memoirs written a year after the wreck of Lord Falmouth's yacht off the coast of Malta.
far-nientes
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From this reading If I had the least literary pretension, I would not dare to say that these pages, written on the spur of the moment, depict very accurately the enchanting scenes in the midst of which I had been living for the last year in the sweetest of _far-nientes._
feel
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From this reading Not once did I feel any remorse, not once did I feel my heart.
few
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From this reading That year should have been the happiest year of my life; for those few charmed days never caused me the least moral suffering.
find
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From this reading THE ISLAND OF KHIOS I find this fragment of memoirs written a year after the wreck of Lord Falmouth's yacht off the coast of Malta.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading If I had the least literary pretension, I would not dare to say that these pages, written on the spur of the moment, depict very accurately the enchanting scenes in the midst of which I had been living for the last year in the sweetest of _far-nientes._
fragmentnounUS /ˈfræɡ.mənt/
A small part broken or separated off something larger.
From this reading THE ISLAND OF KHIOS I find this fragment of memoirs written a year after the wreck of Lord Falmouth's yacht off the coast of Malta.
frames
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
gilded
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
groves
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading If I had the least literary pretension, I would not dare to say that these pages, written on the spur of the moment, depict very accurately the enchanting scenes in the midst of which I had been living for the last year in the sweetest of _far-nientes._
happiest
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From this reading That year should have been the happiest year of my life; for those few charmed days never caused me the least moral suffering.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading That year should have been the happiest year of my life; for those few charmed days never caused me the least moral suffering.
heart
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From this reading Not once did I feel any remorse, not once did I feel my heart.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE ISLAND OF KHIOS I find this fragment of memoirs written a year after the wreck of Lord Falmouth's yacht off the coast of Malta.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If I had the least literary pretension, I would not dare to say that these pages, written on the spur of the moment, depict very accurately the enchanting scenes in the midst of which I had been living for the last year in the sweetest of _far-nientes._
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading If I had the least literary pretension, I would not dare to say that these pages, written on the spur of the moment, depict very accurately the enchanting scenes in the midst of which I had been living for the last year in the sweetest of _far-nientes._
intoxicating
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
ISLAND
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From this reading THE ISLAND OF KHIOS I find this fragment of memoirs written a year after the wreck of Lord Falmouth's yacht off the coast of Malta.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
KHIOS
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From this reading THE ISLAND OF KHIOS I find this fragment of memoirs written a year after the wreck of Lord Falmouth's yacht off the coast of Malta.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If I had the least literary pretension, I would not dare to say that these pages, written on the spur of the moment, depict very accurately the enchanting scenes in the midst of which I had been living for the last year in the sweetest of _far-nientes._
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If I had the least literary pretension, I would not dare to say that these pages, written on the spur of the moment, depict very accurately the enchanting scenes in the midst of which I had been living for the last year in the sweetest of _far-nientes._
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That year should have been the happiest year of my life; for those few charmed days never caused me the least moral suffering.
literary
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From this reading If I had the least literary pretension, I would not dare to say that these pages, written on the spur of the moment, depict very accurately the enchanting scenes in the midst of which I had been living for the last year in the sweetest of _far-nientes._
living
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Lord
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From this reading THE ISLAND OF KHIOS I find this fragment of memoirs written a year after the wreck of Lord Falmouth's yacht off the coast of Malta.
luxury
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
magnificently
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
Malta
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From this reading THE ISLAND OF KHIOS I find this fragment of memoirs written a year after the wreck of Lord Falmouth's yacht off the coast of Malta.
marble
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That year should have been the happiest year of my life; for those few charmed days never caused me the least moral suffering.
memoirs
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From this reading THE ISLAND OF KHIOS I find this fragment of memoirs written a year after the wreck of Lord Falmouth's yacht off the coast of Malta.
midst
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From this reading If I had the least literary pretension, I would not dare to say that these pages, written on the spur of the moment, depict very accurately the enchanting scenes in the midst of which I had been living for the last year in the sweetest of _far-nientes._
moment
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From this reading If I had the least literary pretension, I would not dare to say that these pages, written on the spur of the moment, depict very accurately the enchanting scenes in the midst of which I had been living for the last year in the sweetest of _far-nientes._
moral
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From this reading That year should have been the happiest year of my life; for those few charmed days never caused me the least moral suffering.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That year should have been the happiest year of my life; for those few charmed days never caused me the least moral suffering.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading If I had the least literary pretension, I would not dare to say that these pages, written on the spur of the moment, depict very accurately the enchanting scenes in the midst of which I had been living for the last year in the sweetest of _far-nientes._
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE ISLAND OF KHIOS I find this fragment of memoirs written a year after the wreck of Lord Falmouth's yacht off the coast of Malta.
off
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From this reading THE ISLAND OF KHIOS I find this fragment of memoirs written a year after the wreck of Lord Falmouth's yacht off the coast of Malta.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading If I had the least literary pretension, I would not dare to say that these pages, written on the spur of the moment, depict very accurately the enchanting scenes in the midst of which I had been living for the last year in the sweetest of _far-nientes._
once
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From this reading Not once did I feel any remorse, not once did I feel my heart.
orange
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
pages
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From this reading If I had the least literary pretension, I would not dare to say that these pages, written on the spur of the moment, depict very accurately the enchanting scenes in the midst of which I had been living for the last year in the sweetest of _far-nientes._
palace
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
paradise
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
perfumes
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
pretension
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From this reading If I had the least literary pretension, I would not dare to say that these pages, written on the spur of the moment, depict very accurately the enchanting scenes in the midst of which I had been living for the last year in the sweetest of _far-nientes._
remorse
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From this reading Not once did I feel any remorse, not once did I feel my heart.
say
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From this reading If I had the least literary pretension, I would not dare to say that these pages, written on the spur of the moment, depict very accurately the enchanting scenes in the midst of which I had been living for the last year in the sweetest of _far-nientes._
scenes
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seems
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading That year should have been the happiest year of my life; for those few charmed days never caused me the least moral suffering.
sky
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
spur
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stand
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
suffering
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From this reading That year should have been the happiest year of my life; for those few charmed days never caused me the least moral suffering.
sunshine
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
sweetest
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From this reading If I had the least literary pretension, I would not dare to say that these pages, written on the spur of the moment, depict very accurately the enchanting scenes in the midst of which I had been living for the last year in the sweetest of _far-nientes._
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading If I had the least literary pretension, I would not dare to say that these pages, written on the spur of the moment, depict very accurately the enchanting scenes in the midst of which I had been living for the last year in the sweetest of _far-nientes._
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ISLAND OF KHIOS I find this fragment of memoirs written a year after the wreck of Lord Falmouth's yacht off the coast of Malta.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading If I had the least literary pretension, I would not dare to say that these pages, written on the spur of the moment, depict very accurately the enchanting scenes in the midst of which I had been living for the last year in the sweetest of _far-nientes._
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE ISLAND OF KHIOS I find this fragment of memoirs written a year after the wreck of Lord Falmouth's yacht off the coast of Malta.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading That year should have been the happiest year of my life; for those few charmed days never caused me the least moral suffering.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If I had the least literary pretension, I would not dare to say that these pages, written on the spur of the moment, depict very accurately the enchanting scenes in the midst of which I had been living for the last year in the sweetest of _far-nientes._
truth
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
very
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From this reading If I had the least literary pretension, I would not dare to say that these pages, written on the spur of the moment, depict very accurately the enchanting scenes in the midst of which I had been living for the last year in the sweetest of _far-nientes._
waters
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading If I had the least literary pretension, I would not dare to say that these pages, written on the spur of the moment, depict very accurately the enchanting scenes in the midst of which I had been living for the last year in the sweetest of _far-nientes._
white
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From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In truth, the paradise I had created for myself seems to come again before my eyes, with its luxury of antique beauty, its palace of white marble gilded by the sunshine, its intoxicating perfumes coming from the orange groves that stand off against the blue sky that frames so magnificently the dark waters of the coast of Asiatic Europe.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If I had the least literary pretension, I would not dare to say that these pages, written on the spur of the moment, depict very accurately the enchanting scenes in the midst of which I had been living for the last year in the sweetest of _far-nientes._
wreck
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From this reading THE ISLAND OF KHIOS I find this fragment of memoirs written a year after the wreck of Lord Falmouth's yacht off the coast of Malta.
written
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From this reading THE ISLAND OF KHIOS I find this fragment of memoirs written a year after the wreck of Lord Falmouth's yacht off the coast of Malta.
yacht
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From this reading THE ISLAND OF KHIOS I find this fragment of memoirs written a year after the wreck of Lord Falmouth's yacht off the coast of Malta.
year
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From this reading THE ISLAND OF KHIOS I find this fragment of memoirs written a year after the wreck of Lord Falmouth's yacht off the coast of Malta.
