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From this reading THE WANDERERS § 1 Never had the gracious eastward face of Shonts looked more beautiful than it did on the morning of the Lord Chancellor’s visit.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It looked over its slopes and parapets upon a great valley of mist-barred freshness through which the distant river shone like a snake of light.
amber
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From this reading It glowed as translucent as amber lit by flames, its two towers were pillars of pale gold.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It looked over its slopes and parapets upon a great valley of mist-barred freshness through which the distant river shone like a snake of light.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It glowed as translucent as amber lit by flames, its two towers were pillars of pale gold.
beautiful
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From this reading THE WANDERERS § 1 Never had the gracious eastward face of Shonts looked more beautiful than it did on the morning of the Lord Chancellor’s visit.
burning
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From this reading The stained-glass windows of the old chapel reflected the sunrise as though lamps were burning inside.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It glowed as translucent as amber lit by flames, its two towers were pillars of pale gold.
Chancellor's
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From this reading THE WANDERERS § 1 Never had the gracious eastward face of Shonts looked more beautiful than it did on the morning of the Lord Chancellor’s visit.
chapel
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From this reading The stained-glass windows of the old chapel reflected the sunrise as though lamps were burning inside.
darkly
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From this reading The south-west façade was still in the shadow, and the ivy hung from it darkly greener than the greenest green.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading THE WANDERERS § 1 Never had the gracious eastward face of Shonts looked more beautiful than it did on the morning of the Lord Chancellor’s visit.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading It looked over its slopes and parapets upon a great valley of mist-barred freshness through which the distant river shone like a snake of light.
eastward
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From this reading THE WANDERERS § 1 Never had the gracious eastward face of Shonts looked more beautiful than it did on the morning of the Lord Chancellor’s visit.
face
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From this reading THE WANDERERS § 1 Never had the gracious eastward face of Shonts looked more beautiful than it did on the morning of the Lord Chancellor’s visit.
façade
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From this reading The south-west façade was still in the shadow, and the ivy hung from it darkly greener than the greenest green.
flames
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From this reading It glowed as translucent as amber lit by flames, its two towers were pillars of pale gold.
freshness
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From this reading It looked over its slopes and parapets upon a great valley of mist-barred freshness through which the distant river shone like a snake of light.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The south-west façade was still in the shadow, and the ivy hung from it darkly greener than the greenest green.
glowed
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From this reading It glowed as translucent as amber lit by flames, its two towers were pillars of pale gold.
gold
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From this reading It glowed as translucent as amber lit by flames, its two towers were pillars of pale gold.
gracious
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From this reading THE WANDERERS § 1 Never had the gracious eastward face of Shonts looked more beautiful than it did on the morning of the Lord Chancellor’s visit.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It looked over its slopes and parapets upon a great valley of mist-barred freshness through which the distant river shone like a snake of light.
green
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From this reading The south-west façade was still in the shadow, and the ivy hung from it darkly greener than the greenest green.
greener
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From this reading The south-west façade was still in the shadow, and the ivy hung from it darkly greener than the greenest green.
greenest
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From this reading The south-west façade was still in the shadow, and the ivy hung from it darkly greener than the greenest green.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE WANDERERS § 1 Never had the gracious eastward face of Shonts looked more beautiful than it did on the morning of the Lord Chancellor’s visit.
hung
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From this reading The south-west façade was still in the shadow, and the ivy hung from it darkly greener than the greenest green.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The south-west façade was still in the shadow, and the ivy hung from it darkly greener than the greenest green.
inside
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From this reading The stained-glass windows of the old chapel reflected the sunrise as though lamps were burning inside.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE WANDERERS § 1 Never had the gracious eastward face of Shonts looked more beautiful than it did on the morning of the Lord Chancellor’s visit.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It glowed as translucent as amber lit by flames, its two towers were pillars of pale gold.
ivy
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From this reading The south-west façade was still in the shadow, and the ivy hung from it darkly greener than the greenest green.
lamps
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From this reading The stained-glass windows of the old chapel reflected the sunrise as though lamps were burning inside.
light
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From this reading It looked over its slopes and parapets upon a great valley of mist-barred freshness through which the distant river shone like a snake of light.
like
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From this reading It looked over its slopes and parapets upon a great valley of mist-barred freshness through which the distant river shone like a snake of light.
lit
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From this reading It glowed as translucent as amber lit by flames, its two towers were pillars of pale gold.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE WANDERERS § 1 Never had the gracious eastward face of Shonts looked more beautiful than it did on the morning of the Lord Chancellor’s visit.
Lord
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From this reading THE WANDERERS § 1 Never had the gracious eastward face of Shonts looked more beautiful than it did on the morning of the Lord Chancellor’s visit.
mist-barred
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From this reading It looked over its slopes and parapets upon a great valley of mist-barred freshness through which the distant river shone like a snake of light.
more
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From this reading THE WANDERERS § 1 Never had the gracious eastward face of Shonts looked more beautiful than it did on the morning of the Lord Chancellor’s visit.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE WANDERERS § 1 Never had the gracious eastward face of Shonts looked more beautiful than it did on the morning of the Lord Chancellor’s visit.
NevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE WANDERERS § 1 Never had the gracious eastward face of Shonts looked more beautiful than it did on the morning of the Lord Chancellor’s visit.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE WANDERERS § 1 Never had the gracious eastward face of Shonts looked more beautiful than it did on the morning of the Lord Chancellor’s visit.
old
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From this reading The stained-glass windows of the old chapel reflected the sunrise as though lamps were burning inside.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE WANDERERS § 1 Never had the gracious eastward face of Shonts looked more beautiful than it did on the morning of the Lord Chancellor’s visit.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading It looked over its slopes and parapets upon a great valley of mist-barred freshness through which the distant river shone like a snake of light.
pale
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From this reading It glowed as translucent as amber lit by flames, its two towers were pillars of pale gold.
parapets
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From this reading It looked over its slopes and parapets upon a great valley of mist-barred freshness through which the distant river shone like a snake of light.
pillars
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From this reading It glowed as translucent as amber lit by flames, its two towers were pillars of pale gold.
reflected
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From this reading The stained-glass windows of the old chapel reflected the sunrise as though lamps were burning inside.
river
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From this reading It looked over its slopes and parapets upon a great valley of mist-barred freshness through which the distant river shone like a snake of light.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading The south-west façade was still in the shadow, and the ivy hung from it darkly greener than the greenest green.
shone
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From this reading It looked over its slopes and parapets upon a great valley of mist-barred freshness through which the distant river shone like a snake of light.
Shonts
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From this reading THE WANDERERS § 1 Never had the gracious eastward face of Shonts looked more beautiful than it did on the morning of the Lord Chancellor’s visit.
slopes
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From this reading It looked over its slopes and parapets upon a great valley of mist-barred freshness through which the distant river shone like a snake of light.
snake
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From this reading It looked over its slopes and parapets upon a great valley of mist-barred freshness through which the distant river shone like a snake of light.
south-west
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From this reading The south-west façade was still in the shadow, and the ivy hung from it darkly greener than the greenest green.
stained-glass
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From this reading The stained-glass windows of the old chapel reflected the sunrise as though lamps were burning inside.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The south-west façade was still in the shadow, and the ivy hung from it darkly greener than the greenest green.
sunrise
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From this reading The stained-glass windows of the old chapel reflected the sunrise as though lamps were burning inside.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading THE WANDERERS § 1 Never had the gracious eastward face of Shonts looked more beautiful than it did on the morning of the Lord Chancellor’s visit.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WANDERERS § 1 Never had the gracious eastward face of Shonts looked more beautiful than it did on the morning of the Lord Chancellor’s visit.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The stained-glass windows of the old chapel reflected the sunrise as though lamps were burning inside.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It looked over its slopes and parapets upon a great valley of mist-barred freshness through which the distant river shone like a snake of light.
towers
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From this reading It glowed as translucent as amber lit by flames, its two towers were pillars of pale gold.
translucent
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From this reading It glowed as translucent as amber lit by flames, its two towers were pillars of pale gold.
two
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From this reading It glowed as translucent as amber lit by flames, its two towers were pillars of pale gold.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It looked over its slopes and parapets upon a great valley of mist-barred freshness through which the distant river shone like a snake of light.
valley
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From this reading It looked over its slopes and parapets upon a great valley of mist-barred freshness through which the distant river shone like a snake of light.
visit
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From this reading THE WANDERERS § 1 Never had the gracious eastward face of Shonts looked more beautiful than it did on the morning of the Lord Chancellor’s visit.
WANDERERS
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From this reading THE WANDERERS § 1 Never had the gracious eastward face of Shonts looked more beautiful than it did on the morning of the Lord Chancellor’s visit.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The south-west façade was still in the shadow, and the ivy hung from it darkly greener than the greenest green.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It glowed as translucent as amber lit by flames, its two towers were pillars of pale gold.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It looked over its slopes and parapets upon a great valley of mist-barred freshness through which the distant river shone like a snake of light.
windows
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From this reading The stained-glass windows of the old chapel reflected the sunrise as though lamps were burning inside.
