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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 Over the garden a waning moon silvered the water in the pool and picked out from banked masses of bloom a tall lily here and there.
absent-eyed
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From this reading And through the dim enchantment moved Athalie, leaning on Clive's arm, like some slim sorceress in a secret maze, silent, absent-eyed, brooding magic.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Through alternate bands of moonlight and dusk the jet from the pool split into a thin shower of palely flashing jewels, sometimes raining back on the water, sometimes drifting with the wind across the grass.
All
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From this reading All the blossom-spangled vines were misty with the hovering wings of night-moths.
AlreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Already into her garden had come the little fantastic creatures of the night as though drawn thither by a spell to do her bidding.
alternate
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From this reading Through alternate bands of moonlight and dusk the jet from the pool split into a thin shower of palely flashing jewels, sometimes raining back on the water, sometimes drifting with the wind across the grass.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Over the garden a waning moon silvered the water in the pool and picked out from banked masses of bloom a tall lily here and there.
arm
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From this reading And through the dim enchantment moved Athalie, leaning on Clive's arm, like some slim sorceress in a secret maze, silent, absent-eyed, brooding magic.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Already into her garden had come the little fantastic creatures of the night as though drawn thither by a spell to do her bidding.
Athalie
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From this reading And through the dim enchantment moved Athalie, leaning on Clive's arm, like some slim sorceress in a secret maze, silent, absent-eyed, brooding magic.
back
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From this reading Through alternate bands of moonlight and dusk the jet from the pool split into a thin shower of palely flashing jewels, sometimes raining back on the water, sometimes drifting with the wind across the grass.
bands
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From this reading Through alternate bands of moonlight and dusk the jet from the pool split into a thin shower of palely flashing jewels, sometimes raining back on the water, sometimes drifting with the wind across the grass.
banked
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From this reading Over the garden a waning moon silvered the water in the pool and picked out from banked masses of bloom a tall lily here and there.
bidding
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From this reading Already into her garden had come the little fantastic creatures of the night as though drawn thither by a spell to do her bidding.
bloom
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From this reading Over the garden a waning moon silvered the water in the pool and picked out from banked masses of bloom a tall lily here and there.
blossom-spangled
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From this reading All the blossom-spangled vines were misty with the hovering wings of night-moths.
brooding
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From this reading And through the dim enchantment moved Athalie, leaning on Clive's arm, like some slim sorceress in a secret maze, silent, absent-eyed, brooding magic.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Already into her garden had come the little fantastic creatures of the night as though drawn thither by a spell to do her bidding.
Clive's
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From this reading And through the dim enchantment moved Athalie, leaning on Clive's arm, like some slim sorceress in a secret maze, silent, absent-eyed, brooding magic.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Already into her garden had come the little fantastic creatures of the night as though drawn thither by a spell to do her bidding.
creatures
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From this reading Already into her garden had come the little fantastic creatures of the night as though drawn thither by a spell to do her bidding.
dim
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From this reading And through the dim enchantment moved Athalie, leaning on Clive's arm, like some slim sorceress in a secret maze, silent, absent-eyed, brooding magic.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Already into her garden had come the little fantastic creatures of the night as though drawn thither by a spell to do her bidding.
drawn
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From this reading Already into her garden had come the little fantastic creatures of the night as though drawn thither by a spell to do her bidding.
drifting
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From this reading Through alternate bands of moonlight and dusk the jet from the pool split into a thin shower of palely flashing jewels, sometimes raining back on the water, sometimes drifting with the wind across the grass.
dusk
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From this reading Through alternate bands of moonlight and dusk the jet from the pool split into a thin shower of palely flashing jewels, sometimes raining back on the water, sometimes drifting with the wind across the grass.
enchantmentnounUS /ɪnˈtʃæntmənt/
a magic spell or the state caused by one
From this reading And through the dim enchantment moved Athalie, leaning on Clive's arm, like some slim sorceress in a secret maze, silent, absent-eyed, brooding magic.
fantastic
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From this reading Already into her garden had come the little fantastic creatures of the night as though drawn thither by a spell to do her bidding.
flashing
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From this reading Through alternate bands of moonlight and dusk the jet from the pool split into a thin shower of palely flashing jewels, sometimes raining back on the water, sometimes drifting with the wind across the grass.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Over the garden a waning moon silvered the water in the pool and picked out from banked masses of bloom a tall lily here and there.
garden
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From this reading Over the garden a waning moon silvered the water in the pool and picked out from banked masses of bloom a tall lily here and there.
grass
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From this reading Through alternate bands of moonlight and dusk the jet from the pool split into a thin shower of palely flashing jewels, sometimes raining back on the water, sometimes drifting with the wind across the grass.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Already into her garden had come the little fantastic creatures of the night as though drawn thither by a spell to do her bidding.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Already into her garden had come the little fantastic creatures of the night as though drawn thither by a spell to do her bidding.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Over the garden a waning moon silvered the water in the pool and picked out from banked masses of bloom a tall lily here and there.
hovering
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From this reading All the blossom-spangled vines were misty with the hovering wings of night-moths.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Over the garden a waning moon silvered the water in the pool and picked out from banked masses of bloom a tall lily here and there.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Through alternate bands of moonlight and dusk the jet from the pool split into a thin shower of palely flashing jewels, sometimes raining back on the water, sometimes drifting with the wind across the grass.
jet
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From this reading Through alternate bands of moonlight and dusk the jet from the pool split into a thin shower of palely flashing jewels, sometimes raining back on the water, sometimes drifting with the wind across the grass.
jewels
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From this reading Through alternate bands of moonlight and dusk the jet from the pool split into a thin shower of palely flashing jewels, sometimes raining back on the water, sometimes drifting with the wind across the grass.
leaning
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From this reading And through the dim enchantment moved Athalie, leaning on Clive's arm, like some slim sorceress in a secret maze, silent, absent-eyed, brooding magic.
like
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From this reading And through the dim enchantment moved Athalie, leaning on Clive's arm, like some slim sorceress in a secret maze, silent, absent-eyed, brooding magic.
lily
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From this reading Over the garden a waning moon silvered the water in the pool and picked out from banked masses of bloom a tall lily here and there.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Already into her garden had come the little fantastic creatures of the night as though drawn thither by a spell to do her bidding.
magic
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From this reading And through the dim enchantment moved Athalie, leaning on Clive's arm, like some slim sorceress in a secret maze, silent, absent-eyed, brooding magic.
masses
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From this reading Over the garden a waning moon silvered the water in the pool and picked out from banked masses of bloom a tall lily here and there.
maze
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From this reading And through the dim enchantment moved Athalie, leaning on Clive's arm, like some slim sorceress in a secret maze, silent, absent-eyed, brooding magic.
misty
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From this reading All the blossom-spangled vines were misty with the hovering wings of night-moths.
moon
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From this reading Over the garden a waning moon silvered the water in the pool and picked out from banked masses of bloom a tall lily here and there.
moonlight
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From this reading Through alternate bands of moonlight and dusk the jet from the pool split into a thin shower of palely flashing jewels, sometimes raining back on the water, sometimes drifting with the wind across the grass.
moved
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From this reading And through the dim enchantment moved Athalie, leaning on Clive's arm, like some slim sorceress in a secret maze, silent, absent-eyed, brooding magic.
night
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From this reading Already into her garden had come the little fantastic creatures of the night as though drawn thither by a spell to do her bidding.
night-moths
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From this reading All the blossom-spangled vines were misty with the hovering wings of night-moths.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Over the garden a waning moon silvered the water in the pool and picked out from banked masses of bloom a tall lily here and there.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Through alternate bands of moonlight and dusk the jet from the pool split into a thin shower of palely flashing jewels, sometimes raining back on the water, sometimes drifting with the wind across the grass.
out
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From this reading Over the garden a waning moon silvered the water in the pool and picked out from banked masses of bloom a tall lily here and there.
OverprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Over the garden a waning moon silvered the water in the pool and picked out from banked masses of bloom a tall lily here and there.
palely
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From this reading Through alternate bands of moonlight and dusk the jet from the pool split into a thin shower of palely flashing jewels, sometimes raining back on the water, sometimes drifting with the wind across the grass.
picked
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From this reading Over the garden a waning moon silvered the water in the pool and picked out from banked masses of bloom a tall lily here and there.
pool
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From this reading Over the garden a waning moon silvered the water in the pool and picked out from banked masses of bloom a tall lily here and there.
raining
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From this reading Through alternate bands of moonlight and dusk the jet from the pool split into a thin shower of palely flashing jewels, sometimes raining back on the water, sometimes drifting with the wind across the grass.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading And through the dim enchantment moved Athalie, leaning on Clive's arm, like some slim sorceress in a secret maze, silent, absent-eyed, brooding magic.
shower
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From this reading Through alternate bands of moonlight and dusk the jet from the pool split into a thin shower of palely flashing jewels, sometimes raining back on the water, sometimes drifting with the wind across the grass.
silent
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From this reading And through the dim enchantment moved Athalie, leaning on Clive's arm, like some slim sorceress in a secret maze, silent, absent-eyed, brooding magic.
silvered
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From this reading Over the garden a waning moon silvered the water in the pool and picked out from banked masses of bloom a tall lily here and there.
slim
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From this reading And through the dim enchantment moved Athalie, leaning on Clive's arm, like some slim sorceress in a secret maze, silent, absent-eyed, brooding magic.
some
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From this reading And through the dim enchantment moved Athalie, leaning on Clive's arm, like some slim sorceress in a secret maze, silent, absent-eyed, brooding magic.
sometimes
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From this reading Through alternate bands of moonlight and dusk the jet from the pool split into a thin shower of palely flashing jewels, sometimes raining back on the water, sometimes drifting with the wind across the grass.
sorceress
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From this reading And through the dim enchantment moved Athalie, leaning on Clive's arm, like some slim sorceress in a secret maze, silent, absent-eyed, brooding magic.
spell
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From this reading Already into her garden had come the little fantastic creatures of the night as though drawn thither by a spell to do her bidding.
split
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From this reading Through alternate bands of moonlight and dusk the jet from the pool split into a thin shower of palely flashing jewels, sometimes raining back on the water, sometimes drifting with the wind across the grass.
tall
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From this reading Over the garden a waning moon silvered the water in the pool and picked out from banked masses of bloom a tall lily here and there.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Over the garden a waning moon silvered the water in the pool and picked out from banked masses of bloom a tall lily here and there.
there
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From this reading Over the garden a waning moon silvered the water in the pool and picked out from banked masses of bloom a tall lily here and there.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading Through alternate bands of moonlight and dusk the jet from the pool split into a thin shower of palely flashing jewels, sometimes raining back on the water, sometimes drifting with the wind across the grass.
thitheradverbUS /ˈðɪθɜːr/
an old word meaning “to that place”
From this reading Already into her garden had come the little fantastic creatures of the night as though drawn thither by a spell to do her bidding.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Already into her garden had come the little fantastic creatures of the night as though drawn thither by a spell to do her bidding.
ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through alternate bands of moonlight and dusk the jet from the pool split into a thin shower of palely flashing jewels, sometimes raining back on the water, sometimes drifting with the wind across the grass.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Already into her garden had come the little fantastic creatures of the night as though drawn thither by a spell to do her bidding.
vines
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From this reading All the blossom-spangled vines were misty with the hovering wings of night-moths.
waning
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From this reading Over the garden a waning moon silvered the water in the pool and picked out from banked masses of bloom a tall lily here and there.
water
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From this reading Over the garden a waning moon silvered the water in the pool and picked out from banked masses of bloom a tall lily here and there.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading All the blossom-spangled vines were misty with the hovering wings of night-moths.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Through alternate bands of moonlight and dusk the jet from the pool split into a thin shower of palely flashing jewels, sometimes raining back on the water, sometimes drifting with the wind across the grass.
wings
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From this reading All the blossom-spangled vines were misty with the hovering wings of night-moths.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading All the blossom-spangled vines were misty with the hovering wings of night-moths.
