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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 “A wild dedication of yourselves To unpath’d waters, undreamed shores.”
acting
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From this reading An old friend of the rector’s performed the marriage ceremony, the rector himself acting as father, to the great advantage of the procession.
advantage
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From this reading An old friend of the rector’s performed the marriage ceremony, the rector himself acting as father, to the great advantage of the procession.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An old friend of the rector’s performed the marriage ceremony, the rector himself acting as father, to the great advantage of the procession.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On the day when Gwendolen Harleth was married and became Mrs. Grandcourt, the morning was clear and bright, and while the sun was low a slight frost crisped the leaves.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading An old friend of the rector’s performed the marriage ceremony, the rector himself acting as father, to the great advantage of the procession.
became
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From this reading On the day when Gwendolen Harleth was married and became Mrs. Grandcourt, the morning was clear and bright, and while the sun was low a slight frost crisped the leaves.
bridal
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From this reading The bridal party was worth seeing, and half Pennicote turned out to see it, lining the pathway up to the church.
bright
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From this reading On the day when Gwendolen Harleth was married and became Mrs. Grandcourt, the morning was clear and bright, and while the sun was low a slight frost crisped the leaves.
ceremony
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From this reading An old friend of the rector’s performed the marriage ceremony, the rector himself acting as father, to the great advantage of the procession.
church
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From this reading The bridal party was worth seeing, and half Pennicote turned out to see it, lining the pathway up to the church.
clear
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From this reading On the day when Gwendolen Harleth was married and became Mrs. Grandcourt, the morning was clear and bright, and while the sun was low a slight frost crisped the leaves.
crisped
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From this reading On the day when Gwendolen Harleth was married and became Mrs. Grandcourt, the morning was clear and bright, and while the sun was low a slight frost crisped the leaves.
day
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From this reading On the day when Gwendolen Harleth was married and became Mrs. Grandcourt, the morning was clear and bright, and while the sun was low a slight frost crisped the leaves.
dedication
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From this reading “A wild dedication of yourselves To unpath’d waters, undreamed shores.”
father
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From this reading An old friend of the rector’s performed the marriage ceremony, the rector himself acting as father, to the great advantage of the procession.
friend
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From this reading An old friend of the rector’s performed the marriage ceremony, the rector himself acting as father, to the great advantage of the procession.
frost
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From this reading On the day when Gwendolen Harleth was married and became Mrs. Grandcourt, the morning was clear and bright, and while the sun was low a slight frost crisped the leaves.
Grandcourt
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From this reading On the day when Gwendolen Harleth was married and became Mrs. Grandcourt, the morning was clear and bright, and while the sun was low a slight frost crisped the leaves.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An old friend of the rector’s performed the marriage ceremony, the rector himself acting as father, to the great advantage of the procession.
Gwendolen
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From this reading On the day when Gwendolen Harleth was married and became Mrs. Grandcourt, the morning was clear and bright, and while the sun was low a slight frost crisped the leaves.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The bridal party was worth seeing, and half Pennicote turned out to see it, lining the pathway up to the church.
Harleth
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From this reading On the day when Gwendolen Harleth was married and became Mrs. Grandcourt, the morning was clear and bright, and while the sun was low a slight frost crisped the leaves.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading An old friend of the rector’s performed the marriage ceremony, the rector himself acting as father, to the great advantage of the procession.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The bridal party was worth seeing, and half Pennicote turned out to see it, lining the pathway up to the church.
leaves
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From this reading On the day when Gwendolen Harleth was married and became Mrs. Grandcourt, the morning was clear and bright, and while the sun was low a slight frost crisped the leaves.
lining
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From this reading The bridal party was worth seeing, and half Pennicote turned out to see it, lining the pathway up to the church.
low
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From this reading On the day when Gwendolen Harleth was married and became Mrs. Grandcourt, the morning was clear and bright, and while the sun was low a slight frost crisped the leaves.
marriage
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From this reading An old friend of the rector’s performed the marriage ceremony, the rector himself acting as father, to the great advantage of the procession.
married
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From this reading On the day when Gwendolen Harleth was married and became Mrs. Grandcourt, the morning was clear and bright, and while the sun was low a slight frost crisped the leaves.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the day when Gwendolen Harleth was married and became Mrs. Grandcourt, the morning was clear and bright, and while the sun was low a slight frost crisped the leaves.
Mrs
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From this reading On the day when Gwendolen Harleth was married and became Mrs. Grandcourt, the morning was clear and bright, and while the sun was low a slight frost crisped the leaves.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “A wild dedication of yourselves To unpath’d waters, undreamed shores.”
old
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From this reading An old friend of the rector’s performed the marriage ceremony, the rector himself acting as father, to the great advantage of the procession.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the day when Gwendolen Harleth was married and became Mrs. Grandcourt, the morning was clear and bright, and while the sun was low a slight frost crisped the leaves.
out
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From this reading The bridal party was worth seeing, and half Pennicote turned out to see it, lining the pathway up to the church.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The bridal party was worth seeing, and half Pennicote turned out to see it, lining the pathway up to the church.
pathway
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From this reading The bridal party was worth seeing, and half Pennicote turned out to see it, lining the pathway up to the church.
Pennicote
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From this reading The bridal party was worth seeing, and half Pennicote turned out to see it, lining the pathway up to the church.
performed
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From this reading An old friend of the rector’s performed the marriage ceremony, the rector himself acting as father, to the great advantage of the procession.
procession
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From this reading An old friend of the rector’s performed the marriage ceremony, the rector himself acting as father, to the great advantage of the procession.
rector
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From this reading An old friend of the rector’s performed the marriage ceremony, the rector himself acting as father, to the great advantage of the procession.
rector's
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From this reading An old friend of the rector’s performed the marriage ceremony, the rector himself acting as father, to the great advantage of the procession.
see
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From this reading The bridal party was worth seeing, and half Pennicote turned out to see it, lining the pathway up to the church.
seeing
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From this reading The bridal party was worth seeing, and half Pennicote turned out to see it, lining the pathway up to the church.
SHAKESPEARE
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From this reading —SHAKESPEARE.
shores
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From this reading “A wild dedication of yourselves To unpath’d waters, undreamed shores.”
slight
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From this reading On the day when Gwendolen Harleth was married and became Mrs. Grandcourt, the morning was clear and bright, and while the sun was low a slight frost crisped the leaves.
sun
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From this reading On the day when Gwendolen Harleth was married and became Mrs. Grandcourt, the morning was clear and bright, and while the sun was low a slight frost crisped the leaves.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the day when Gwendolen Harleth was married and became Mrs. Grandcourt, the morning was clear and bright, and while the sun was low a slight frost crisped the leaves.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “A wild dedication of yourselves To unpath’d waters, undreamed shores.”
turned
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From this reading The bridal party was worth seeing, and half Pennicote turned out to see it, lining the pathway up to the church.
undreamed
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From this reading “A wild dedication of yourselves To unpath’d waters, undreamed shores.”
unpath'd
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From this reading “A wild dedication of yourselves To unpath’d waters, undreamed shores.”
up
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From this reading The bridal party was worth seeing, and half Pennicote turned out to see it, lining the pathway up to the church.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On the day when Gwendolen Harleth was married and became Mrs. Grandcourt, the morning was clear and bright, and while the sun was low a slight frost crisped the leaves.
waters
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From this reading “A wild dedication of yourselves To unpath’d waters, undreamed shores.”
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading On the day when Gwendolen Harleth was married and became Mrs. Grandcourt, the morning was clear and bright, and while the sun was low a slight frost crisped the leaves.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading On the day when Gwendolen Harleth was married and became Mrs. Grandcourt, the morning was clear and bright, and while the sun was low a slight frost crisped the leaves.
wild
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From this reading “A wild dedication of yourselves To unpath’d waters, undreamed shores.”
worth
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From this reading The bridal party was worth seeing, and half Pennicote turned out to see it, lining the pathway up to the church.
yourselvespronounUS /jʊrˈselvz/
used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action
From this reading “A wild dedication of yourselves To unpath’d waters, undreamed shores.”
