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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 massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
Abbey
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From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading All about them there was the rush and rattle of busy life, but the Abbey seemed inclosed in a magic circle of solitude and stillness.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
All
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From this reading All about them there was the rush and rattle of busy life, but the Abbey seemed inclosed in a magic circle of solitude and stillness.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All about them there was the rush and rattle of busy life, but the Abbey seemed inclosed in a magic circle of solitude and stillness.
basement
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From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Overhead a countless host of little silvery clouds covered the sky, with fine threads and interspaces of dark blue lying between them.
blue
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From this reading Overhead a countless host of little silvery clouds covered the sky, with fine threads and interspaces of dark blue lying between them.
bright
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From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
brown
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From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
busy
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From this reading All about them there was the rush and rattle of busy life, but the Abbey seemed inclosed in a magic circle of solitude and stillness.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading All about them there was the rush and rattle of busy life, but the Abbey seemed inclosed in a magic circle of solitude and stillness.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
CANON
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From this reading CANON PASCAL.
cherub-heads
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From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
circle
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From this reading All about them there was the rush and rattle of busy life, but the Abbey seemed inclosed in a magic circle of solitude and stillness.
clouds
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From this reading Overhead a countless host of little silvery clouds covered the sky, with fine threads and interspaces of dark blue lying between them.
clustered
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From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
countless
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From this reading Overhead a countless host of little silvery clouds covered the sky, with fine threads and interspaces of dark blue lying between them.
covered
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From this reading Overhead a countless host of little silvery clouds covered the sky, with fine threads and interspaces of dark blue lying between them.
dark
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From this reading Overhead a countless host of little silvery clouds covered the sky, with fine threads and interspaces of dark blue lying between them.
darkly
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From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
drifting
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From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
faintly
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From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Overhead a countless host of little silvery clouds covered the sky, with fine threads and interspaces of dark blue lying between them.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
full
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From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
glimmer
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From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
glittered
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From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
golden
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From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
halo
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From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
host
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From this reading Overhead a countless host of little silvery clouds covered the sky, with fine threads and interspaces of dark blue lying between them.
Houses
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From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
inclosed
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From this reading All about them there was the rush and rattle of busy life, but the Abbey seemed inclosed in a magic circle of solitude and stillness.
innumerable
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From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
interspaces
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From this reading Overhead a countless host of little silvery clouds covered the sky, with fine threads and interspaces of dark blue lying between them.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
lamps
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From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All about them there was the rush and rattle of busy life, but the Abbey seemed inclosed in a magic circle of solitude and stillness.
light
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From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Overhead a countless host of little silvery clouds covered the sky, with fine threads and interspaces of dark blue lying between them.
lying
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From this reading Overhead a countless host of little silvery clouds covered the sky, with fine threads and interspaces of dark blue lying between them.
made
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From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
magic
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From this reading All about them there was the rush and rattle of busy life, but the Abbey seemed inclosed in a magic circle of solitude and stillness.
many
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From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
massive
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From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
moon
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From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
more
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From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
now
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From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
often
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From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
old
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From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
outlined
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From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
Overhead
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From this reading Overhead a countless host of little silvery clouds covered the sky, with fine threads and interspaces of dark blue lying between them.
pale
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From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
Parliament
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From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
PASCAL
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From this reading CANON PASCAL.
pile
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From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
rattle
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From this reading All about them there was the rush and rattle of busy life, but the Abbey seemed inclosed in a magic circle of solitude and stillness.
roof
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From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
round
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From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
rush
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From this reading All about them there was the rush and rattle of busy life, but the Abbey seemed inclosed in a magic circle of solitude and stillness.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All about them there was the rush and rattle of busy life, but the Abbey seemed inclosed in a magic circle of solitude and stillness.
session
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From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
shed
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From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
shining
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From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
silvery
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From this reading Overhead a countless host of little silvery clouds covered the sky, with fine threads and interspaces of dark blue lying between them.
sky
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From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
slowly
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From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
solitude
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From this reading All about them there was the rush and rattle of busy life, but the Abbey seemed inclosed in a magic circle of solitude and stillness.
sometimes
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From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
stillness
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From this reading All about them there was the rush and rattle of busy life, but the Abbey seemed inclosed in a magic circle of solitude and stillness.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading All about them there was the rush and rattle of busy life, but the Abbey seemed inclosed in a magic circle of solitude and stillness.
there
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From this reading All about them there was the rush and rattle of busy life, but the Abbey seemed inclosed in a magic circle of solitude and stillness.
threads
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From this reading Overhead a countless host of little silvery clouds covered the sky, with fine threads and interspaces of dark blue lying between them.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
vaguely
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From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
vapor
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From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
veiled
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From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All about them there was the rush and rattle of busy life, but the Abbey seemed inclosed in a magic circle of solitude and stillness.
way
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From this reading The moon, pale and bright, seemed to be drifting slowly among them, sometimes behind them, and faintly veiled by their light vapor; but more often the little clouds made way for her, and clustered round, in a circle of vaguely outlined cherub-heads, golden brown in the halo she shed about her.
whilstconjunctionUS /waɪlst/
an old and formal word for “while”
From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
windows
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From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The massive pile of the old Abbey stood darkly against the sky, with not a glimmer of light shining through its many windows; whilst behind it the Houses of Parliament, now in full session, glittered from roof to basement with innumerable lamps.
