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Deadham Hard: A Romance
Deadham Hard: A Romance

Chapter XVI

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IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.
Then, the rain having rained itself out, the wind backed and the skies cleared.
But all to a different mode and rhythm.
A cold white sun shone out of a cold blue sky, diapered, to the north above the indigo and umber moorland and forest, with perspectives of tenuous silken-white cloud.
Land and sky were alike washed clean, to a starkness and nakedness calling for warm clothing out of doors, and well-stoked fires within.
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Deadham Hard: A Romance

Chapter XVI

Reading 1/60 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.
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Then, the rain having rained itself out, the wind backed and the skies cleared.
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But all to a different mode and rhythm.
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A cold white sun shone out of a cold blue sky, diapered, to the north above the indigo and umber moorland and forest, with perspectives of tenuous silken-white cloud.
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Land and sky were alike washed clean, to a starkness and nakedness calling for warm clothing out of doors, and well-stoked fires within.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Above preposition US /əˈbʌv/

higher than, or over, something

From this reading “A cold white sun shone out of a cold blue sky, diapered, to the north above the indigo and umber moorland and forest, with perspectives of tenuous silken-white cloud.”

Different noun US /ˈdifferent/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “But all to a different mode and rhythm.”

Having auxiliary verb US /ˈhævɪŋ/

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading “Then, the rain having rained itself out, the wind backed and the skies cleared.”

Itself pronoun US /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading “Then, the rain having rained itself out, the wind backed and the skies cleared.”

Throughout preposition US /θruːˈaʊt/

in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period

From this reading “IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.”

Wind noun US /wind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Then, the rain having rained itself out, the wind backed and the skies cleared.”

Within preposition US /wɪˈðɪn/

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading “Land and sky were alike washed clean, to a starkness and nakedness calling for warm clothing out of doors, and well-stoked fires within.”

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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 But all to a different mode and rhythm.

aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/

higher than, or over, something

From this reading A cold white sun shone out of a cold blue sky, diapered, to the north above the indigo and umber moorland and forest, with perspectives of tenuous silken-white cloud.

alike

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From this reading Land and sky were alike washed clean, to a starkness and nakedness calling for warm clothing out of doors, and well-stoked fires within.

all

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From this reading But all to a different mode and rhythm.

ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.

AsconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.

ASSUMPTION

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From this reading IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.

backed

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From this reading Then, the rain having rained itself out, the wind backed and the skies cleared.

blue

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From this reading A cold white sun shone out of a cold blue sky, diapered, to the north above the indigo and umber moorland and forest, with perspectives of tenuous silken-white cloud.

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But all to a different mode and rhythm.

calling

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From this reading Land and sky were alike washed clean, to a starkness and nakedness calling for warm clothing out of doors, and well-stoked fires within.

clean

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From this reading Land and sky were alike washed clean, to a starkness and nakedness calling for warm clothing out of doors, and well-stoked fires within.

cleared

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From this reading Then, the rain having rained itself out, the wind backed and the skies cleared.

clothing

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From this reading Land and sky were alike washed clean, to a starkness and nakedness calling for warm clothing out of doors, and well-stoked fires within.

cloud

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From this reading A cold white sun shone out of a cold blue sky, diapered, to the north above the indigo and umber moorland and forest, with perspectives of tenuous silken-white cloud.

cold

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From this reading A cold white sun shone out of a cold blue sky, diapered, to the north above the indigo and umber moorland and forest, with perspectives of tenuous silken-white cloud.

DAMARIS

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From this reading IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.

Darcy

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From this reading IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.

diapered

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From this reading A cold white sun shone out of a cold blue sky, diapered, to the north above the indigo and umber moorland and forest, with perspectives of tenuous silken-white cloud.

differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading But all to a different mode and rhythm.

doors

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From this reading Land and sky were alike washed clean, to a starkness and nakedness calling for warm clothing out of doors, and well-stoked fires within.

Faircloth

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From this reading IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.

fires

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From this reading Land and sky were alike washed clean, to a starkness and nakedness calling for warm clothing out of doors, and well-stoked fires within.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Land and sky were alike washed clean, to a starkness and nakedness calling for warm clothing out of doors, and well-stoked fires within.

forest

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From this reading A cold white sun shone out of a cold blue sky, diapered, to the north above the indigo and umber moorland and forest, with perspectives of tenuous silken-white cloud.

GOD-HEAD

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From this reading IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.

havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading Then, the rain having rained itself out, the wind backed and the skies cleared.

INprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.

indigo

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From this reading A cold white sun shone out of a cold blue sky, diapered, to the north above the indigo and umber moorland and forest, with perspectives of tenuous silken-white cloud.

INFORMATION

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From this reading IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.

itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading Then, the rain having rained itself out, the wind backed and the skies cleared.

Land

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From this reading Land and sky were alike washed clean, to a starkness and nakedness calling for warm clothing out of doors, and well-stoked fires within.

lasted

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From this reading IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.

LOST

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From this reading IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.

mode

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From this reading But all to a different mode and rhythm.

moorland

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From this reading A cold white sun shone out of a cold blue sky, diapered, to the north above the indigo and umber moorland and forest, with perspectives of tenuous silken-white cloud.

nakedness

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From this reading Land and sky were alike washed clean, to a starkness and nakedness calling for warm clothing out of doors, and well-stoked fires within.

north

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From this reading A cold white sun shone out of a cold blue sky, diapered, to the north above the indigo and umber moorland and forest, with perspectives of tenuous silken-white cloud.

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.

out

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From this reading Then, the rain having rained itself out, the wind backed and the skies cleared.

perspectives

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From this reading A cold white sun shone out of a cold blue sky, diapered, to the north above the indigo and umber moorland and forest, with perspectives of tenuous silken-white cloud.

prophesied

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From this reading IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.

rain

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From this reading Then, the rain having rained itself out, the wind backed and the skies cleared.

rained

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From this reading Then, the rain having rained itself out, the wind backed and the skies cleared.

RECEIVES

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From this reading IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.

rhythm

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From this reading But all to a different mode and rhythm.

SHOES

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From this reading IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.

shone

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From this reading A cold white sun shone out of a cold blue sky, diapered, to the north above the indigo and umber moorland and forest, with perspectives of tenuous silken-white cloud.

silken-white

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From this reading A cold white sun shone out of a cold blue sky, diapered, to the north above the indigo and umber moorland and forest, with perspectives of tenuous silken-white cloud.

skies

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From this reading Then, the rain having rained itself out, the wind backed and the skies cleared.

sky

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From this reading A cold white sun shone out of a cold blue sky, diapered, to the north above the indigo and umber moorland and forest, with perspectives of tenuous silken-white cloud.

starkness

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From this reading Land and sky were alike washed clean, to a starkness and nakedness calling for warm clothing out of doors, and well-stoked fires within.

STOCKINGS

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From this reading IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.

sun

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From this reading A cold white sun shone out of a cold blue sky, diapered, to the north above the indigo and umber moorland and forest, with perspectives of tenuous silken-white cloud.

tenuous

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From this reading A cold white sun shone out of a cold blue sky, diapered, to the north above the indigo and umber moorland and forest, with perspectives of tenuous silken-white cloud.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.

Then

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From this reading Then, the rain having rained itself out, the wind backed and the skies cleared.

throughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/

in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period

From this reading IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading But all to a different mode and rhythm.

umber

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From this reading A cold white sun shone out of a cold blue sky, diapered, to the north above the indigo and umber moorland and forest, with perspectives of tenuous silken-white cloud.

warm

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From this reading Land and sky were alike washed clean, to a starkness and nakedness calling for warm clothing out of doors, and well-stoked fires within.

washed

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From this reading Land and sky were alike washed clean, to a starkness and nakedness calling for warm clothing out of doors, and well-stoked fires within.

weather

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From this reading IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.

week

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From this reading IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.

well-stoked

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From this reading Land and sky were alike washed clean, to a starkness and nakedness calling for warm clothing out of doors, and well-stoked fires within.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Land and sky were alike washed clean, to a starkness and nakedness calling for warm clothing out of doors, and well-stoked fires within.

WHICHpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.

white

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From this reading A cold white sun shone out of a cold blue sky, diapered, to the north above the indigo and umber moorland and forest, with perspectives of tenuous silken-white cloud.

wild

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From this reading IN WHICH DAMARIS RECEIVES INFORMATION OF THE LOST SHOES AND STOCKINGS--ASSUMPTION OF THE GOD-HEAD As Darcy Faircloth prophesied, the wild weather lasted throughout that week.

windnounUS /wind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Then, the rain having rained itself out, the wind backed and the skies cleared.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading A cold white sun shone out of a cold blue sky, diapered, to the north above the indigo and umber moorland and forest, with perspectives of tenuous silken-white cloud.

withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading Land and sky were alike washed clean, to a starkness and nakedness calling for warm clothing out of doors, and well-stoked fires within.