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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 They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To these Sir Vernon had added several easy-chairs and couches of the _pouf_ species, hired from an upholsterer at Geneva.
all
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From this reading The villa was charming; a white-walled _château_ all plate-glass windows, verandahs, balconies, brightened from roof to basement by crimson and white Spanish blinds.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading To these Sir Vernon had added several easy-chairs and couches of the _pouf_ species, hired from an upholsterer at Geneva.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
architecture
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From this reading The rooms were prettily furnished in a foreign style—commodes, cabinets, clocks, candelabra, and Louis Quatorze chairs of a painfully upright architecture.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
balconies
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From this reading The villa was charming; a white-walled _château_ all plate-glass windows, verandahs, balconies, brightened from roof to basement by crimson and white Spanish blinds.
basement
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From this reading The villa was charming; a white-walled _château_ all plate-glass windows, verandahs, balconies, brightened from roof to basement by crimson and white Spanish blinds.
beautiful
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
birds
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
blinds
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From this reading The villa was charming; a white-walled _château_ all plate-glass windows, verandahs, balconies, brightened from roof to basement by crimson and white Spanish blinds.
brightened
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From this reading The villa was charming; a white-walled _château_ all plate-glass windows, verandahs, balconies, brightened from roof to basement by crimson and white Spanish blinds.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The villa was charming; a white-walled _château_ all plate-glass windows, verandahs, balconies, brightened from roof to basement by crimson and white Spanish blinds.
cabinets
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From this reading The rooms were prettily furnished in a foreign style—commodes, cabinets, clocks, candelabra, and Louis Quatorze chairs of a painfully upright architecture.
candelabra
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From this reading The rooms were prettily furnished in a foreign style—commodes, cabinets, clocks, candelabra, and Louis Quatorze chairs of a painfully upright architecture.
chairs
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From this reading The rooms were prettily furnished in a foreign style—commodes, cabinets, clocks, candelabra, and Louis Quatorze chairs of a painfully upright architecture.
charming
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From this reading The villa was charming; a white-walled _château_ all plate-glass windows, verandahs, balconies, brightened from roof to basement by crimson and white Spanish blinds.
châlets
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
châteaunounUS /ʃæˈtoʊ/
A large French country house or castle, often surrounded by expansive estates and private galleries.
From this reading The villa was charming; a white-walled _château_ all plate-glass windows, verandahs, balconies, brightened from roof to basement by crimson and white Spanish blinds.
clocks
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From this reading The rooms were prettily furnished in a foreign style—commodes, cabinets, clocks, candelabra, and Louis Quatorze chairs of a painfully upright architecture.
commodes
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From this reading The rooms were prettily furnished in a foreign style—commodes, cabinets, clocks, candelabra, and Louis Quatorze chairs of a painfully upright architecture.
couches
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From this reading To these Sir Vernon had added several easy-chairs and couches of the _pouf_ species, hired from an upholsterer at Geneva.
crimson
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From this reading The villa was charming; a white-walled _château_ all plate-glass windows, verandahs, balconies, brightened from roof to basement by crimson and white Spanish blinds.
Daphne
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
Dent
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
dotted
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
du
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
DURSTE
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From this reading ‘THER WAS NO WIGHT, TO WHOM SHE DURSTE PLAIN.’
easy-chairs
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From this reading To these Sir Vernon had added several easy-chairs and couches of the _pouf_ species, hired from an upholsterer at Geneva.
farms
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
fertile
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
foreground
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
foreign
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From this reading The rooms were prettily furnished in a foreign style—commodes, cabinets, clocks, candelabra, and Louis Quatorze chairs of a painfully upright architecture.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The villa was charming; a white-walled _château_ all plate-glass windows, verandahs, balconies, brightened from roof to basement by crimson and white Spanish blinds.
furnished
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From this reading The rooms were prettily furnished in a foreign style—commodes, cabinets, clocks, candelabra, and Louis Quatorze chairs of a painfully upright architecture.
Geneva
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From this reading To these Sir Vernon had added several easy-chairs and couches of the _pouf_ species, hired from an upholsterer at Geneva.
grandeur
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
green
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
hills
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
hired
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From this reading To these Sir Vernon had added several easy-chairs and couches of the _pouf_ species, hired from an upholsterer at Geneva.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
inaccessible
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
lake
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
lived
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
Louis
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From this reading The rooms were prettily furnished in a foreign style—commodes, cabinets, clocks, candelabra, and Louis Quatorze chairs of a painfully upright architecture.
Midi
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
Montreux
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
more
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
nests
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
NOdeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading ‘THER WAS NO WIGHT, TO WHOM SHE DURSTE PLAIN.’
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
painfully
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From this reading The rooms were prettily furnished in a foreign style—commodes, cabinets, clocks, candelabra, and Louis Quatorze chairs of a painfully upright architecture.
perilous
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
picturesquely
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
PLAIN
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From this reading ‘THER WAS NO WIGHT, TO WHOM SHE DURSTE PLAIN.’
plate-glass
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From this reading The villa was charming; a white-walled _château_ all plate-glass windows, verandahs, balconies, brightened from roof to basement by crimson and white Spanish blinds.
positions
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
pouf
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From this reading To these Sir Vernon had added several easy-chairs and couches of the _pouf_ species, hired from an upholsterer at Geneva.
precipitous
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
prettily
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From this reading The rooms were prettily furnished in a foreign style—commodes, cabinets, clocks, candelabra, and Louis Quatorze chairs of a painfully upright architecture.
Quatorze
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From this reading The rooms were prettily furnished in a foreign style—commodes, cabinets, clocks, candelabra, and Louis Quatorze chairs of a painfully upright architecture.
rising
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
roof
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From this reading The villa was charming; a white-walled _château_ all plate-glass windows, verandahs, balconies, brightened from roof to basement by crimson and white Spanish blinds.
rooms
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From this reading The rooms were prettily furnished in a foreign style—commodes, cabinets, clocks, candelabra, and Louis Quatorze chairs of a painfully upright architecture.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
several
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From this reading To these Sir Vernon had added several easy-chairs and couches of the _pouf_ species, hired from an upholsterer at Geneva.
SHEpronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ‘THER WAS NO WIGHT, TO WHOM SHE DURSTE PLAIN.’
shore
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
Sir
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From this reading To these Sir Vernon had added several easy-chairs and couches of the _pouf_ species, hired from an upholsterer at Geneva.
slopes
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
snowy
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
Spanish
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From this reading The villa was charming; a white-walled _château_ all plate-glass windows, verandahs, balconies, brightened from roof to basement by crimson and white Spanish blinds.
species
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From this reading To these Sir Vernon had added several easy-chairs and couches of the _pouf_ species, hired from an upholsterer at Geneva.
style
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From this reading The rooms were prettily furnished in a foreign style—commodes, cabinets, clocks, candelabra, and Louis Quatorze chairs of a painfully upright architecture.
summit
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
THER
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From this reading ‘THER WAS NO WIGHT, TO WHOM SHE DURSTE PLAIN.’
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading To these Sir Vernon had added several easy-chairs and couches of the _pouf_ species, hired from an upholsterer at Geneva.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘THER WAS NO WIGHT, TO WHOM SHE DURSTE PLAIN.’
upholsterer
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From this reading To these Sir Vernon had added several easy-chairs and couches of the _pouf_ species, hired from an upholsterer at Geneva.
upright
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From this reading The rooms were prettily furnished in a foreign style—commodes, cabinets, clocks, candelabra, and Louis Quatorze chairs of a painfully upright architecture.
verandahs
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From this reading The villa was charming; a white-walled _château_ all plate-glass windows, verandahs, balconies, brightened from roof to basement by crimson and white Spanish blinds.
Vernon
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From this reading To these Sir Vernon had added several easy-chairs and couches of the _pouf_ species, hired from an upholsterer at Geneva.
villa
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From this reading The villa was charming; a white-walled _château_ all plate-glass windows, verandahs, balconies, brightened from roof to basement by crimson and white Spanish blinds.
WASauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘THER WAS NO WIGHT, TO WHOM SHE DURSTE PLAIN.’
week
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
white
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From this reading The villa was charming; a white-walled _château_ all plate-glass windows, verandahs, balconies, brightened from roof to basement by crimson and white Spanish blinds.
white-walled
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From this reading The villa was charming; a white-walled _château_ all plate-glass windows, verandahs, balconies, brightened from roof to basement by crimson and white Spanish blinds.
WHOMpronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘THER WAS NO WIGHT, TO WHOM SHE DURSTE PLAIN.’
WIGHT
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From this reading ‘THER WAS NO WIGHT, TO WHOM SHE DURSTE PLAIN.’
windows
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From this reading The villa was charming; a white-walled _château_ all plate-glass windows, verandahs, balconies, brightened from roof to basement by crimson and white Spanish blinds.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
yonder
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From this reading They had been at Montreux more than a week, and it seemed to Daphne as if she had lived half her life on the shore of the beautiful lake, with the snowy summit of the Dent du Midi rising yonder in its inaccessible grandeur, above the fertile hills of the foreground, those precipitous green slopes, where _châlets_ and farms were dotted about picturesquely in positions that would have seemed perilous for birds’ nests.
