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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 All round the drawing-room windows at Scrope a wide balcony has been built up, over which the creepers climb and trail.
All
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From this reading "All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame."--COLERIDGE.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame."--COLERIDGE.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame."--COLERIDGE.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading All round the drawing-room windows at Scrope a wide balcony has been built up, over which the creepers climb and trail.
balcony
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From this reading All round the drawing-room windows at Scrope a wide balcony has been built up, over which the creepers climb and trail.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading All round the drawing-room windows at Scrope a wide balcony has been built up, over which the creepers climb and trail.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Within the drawing-room, before a low table, sits Miss Scrope, tatting industriously.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Stone steps leads to it from the scented garden beneath, and up these runs Clarissa, gayly, when Thursday morning had dawned, and deepened, and given place to noon.
built
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From this reading All round the drawing-room windows at Scrope a wide balcony has been built up, over which the creepers climb and trail.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame."--COLERIDGE.
Clarissa
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From this reading Stone steps leads to it from the scented garden beneath, and up these runs Clarissa, gayly, when Thursday morning had dawned, and deepened, and given place to noon.
climb
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From this reading All round the drawing-room windows at Scrope a wide balcony has been built up, over which the creepers climb and trail.
COLERIDGE
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From this reading "All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame."--COLERIDGE.
creepers
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From this reading All round the drawing-room windows at Scrope a wide balcony has been built up, over which the creepers climb and trail.
dawned
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From this reading Stone steps leads to it from the scented garden beneath, and up these runs Clarissa, gayly, when Thursday morning had dawned, and deepened, and given place to noon.
deepened
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From this reading Stone steps leads to it from the scented garden beneath, and up these runs Clarissa, gayly, when Thursday morning had dawned, and deepened, and given place to noon.
delights
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From this reading "All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame."--COLERIDGE.
drawing-room
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From this reading All round the drawing-room windows at Scrope a wide balcony has been built up, over which the creepers climb and trail.
feed
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From this reading "All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame."--COLERIDGE.
flamenounUS /fleɪm/
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading "All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame."--COLERIDGE.
forte
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From this reading Tatting is Miss Scrope's forte.
frame
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From this reading "All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame."--COLERIDGE.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Stone steps leads to it from the scented garden beneath, and up these runs Clarissa, gayly, when Thursday morning had dawned, and deepened, and given place to noon.
garden
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From this reading Stone steps leads to it from the scented garden beneath, and up these runs Clarissa, gayly, when Thursday morning had dawned, and deepened, and given place to noon.
gayly
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From this reading Stone steps leads to it from the scented garden beneath, and up these runs Clarissa, gayly, when Thursday morning had dawned, and deepened, and given place to noon.
given
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From this reading Stone steps leads to it from the scented garden beneath, and up these runs Clarissa, gayly, when Thursday morning had dawned, and deepened, and given place to noon.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Stone steps leads to it from the scented garden beneath, and up these runs Clarissa, gayly, when Thursday morning had dawned, and deepened, and given place to noon.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All round the drawing-room windows at Scrope a wide balcony has been built up, over which the creepers climb and trail.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame."--COLERIDGE.
industriously
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From this reading Within the drawing-room, before a low table, sits Miss Scrope, tatting industriously.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Tatting is Miss Scrope's forte.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Stone steps leads to it from the scented garden beneath, and up these runs Clarissa, gayly, when Thursday morning had dawned, and deepened, and given place to noon.
leads
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From this reading Stone steps leads to it from the scented garden beneath, and up these runs Clarissa, gayly, when Thursday morning had dawned, and deepened, and given place to noon.
Love
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From this reading "All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame."--COLERIDGE.
low
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From this reading Within the drawing-room, before a low table, sits Miss Scrope, tatting industriously.
ministers
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From this reading "All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame."--COLERIDGE.
Miss
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From this reading Within the drawing-room, before a low table, sits Miss Scrope, tatting industriously.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Stone steps leads to it from the scented garden beneath, and up these runs Clarissa, gayly, when Thursday morning had dawned, and deepened, and given place to noon.
mortaladjectiveUS /ˈmɔːrtəl/
causing or relating to death
From this reading "All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame."--COLERIDGE.
noon
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From this reading Stone steps leads to it from the scented garden beneath, and up these runs Clarissa, gayly, when Thursday morning had dawned, and deepened, and given place to noon.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame."--COLERIDGE.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading All round the drawing-room windows at Scrope a wide balcony has been built up, over which the creepers climb and trail.
passions
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From this reading "All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame."--COLERIDGE.
place
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From this reading Stone steps leads to it from the scented garden beneath, and up these runs Clarissa, gayly, when Thursday morning had dawned, and deepened, and given place to noon.
round
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From this reading All round the drawing-room windows at Scrope a wide balcony has been built up, over which the creepers climb and trail.
runs
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From this reading Stone steps leads to it from the scented garden beneath, and up these runs Clarissa, gayly, when Thursday morning had dawned, and deepened, and given place to noon.
sacred
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From this reading "All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame."--COLERIDGE.
scented
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From this reading Stone steps leads to it from the scented garden beneath, and up these runs Clarissa, gayly, when Thursday morning had dawned, and deepened, and given place to noon.
Scrope
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From this reading All round the drawing-room windows at Scrope a wide balcony has been built up, over which the creepers climb and trail.
Scrope's
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From this reading Tatting is Miss Scrope's forte.
sits
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From this reading Within the drawing-room, before a low table, sits Miss Scrope, tatting industriously.
steps
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From this reading Stone steps leads to it from the scented garden beneath, and up these runs Clarissa, gayly, when Thursday morning had dawned, and deepened, and given place to noon.
stirs
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From this reading "All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame."--COLERIDGE.
Stone
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From this reading Stone steps leads to it from the scented garden beneath, and up these runs Clarissa, gayly, when Thursday morning had dawned, and deepened, and given place to noon.
table
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From this reading Within the drawing-room, before a low table, sits Miss Scrope, tatting industriously.
tatting
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From this reading Within the drawing-room, before a low table, sits Miss Scrope, tatting industriously.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All round the drawing-room windows at Scrope a wide balcony has been built up, over which the creepers climb and trail.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Stone steps leads to it from the scented garden beneath, and up these runs Clarissa, gayly, when Thursday morning had dawned, and deepened, and given place to noon.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame."--COLERIDGE.
thoughts
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From this reading "All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame."--COLERIDGE.
Thursday
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From this reading Stone steps leads to it from the scented garden beneath, and up these runs Clarissa, gayly, when Thursday morning had dawned, and deepened, and given place to noon.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Stone steps leads to it from the scented garden beneath, and up these runs Clarissa, gayly, when Thursday morning had dawned, and deepened, and given place to noon.
trail
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From this reading All round the drawing-room windows at Scrope a wide balcony has been built up, over which the creepers climb and trail.
up
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From this reading All round the drawing-room windows at Scrope a wide balcony has been built up, over which the creepers climb and trail.
WhateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading "All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame."--COLERIDGE.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Stone steps leads to it from the scented garden beneath, and up these runs Clarissa, gayly, when Thursday morning had dawned, and deepened, and given place to noon.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading All round the drawing-room windows at Scrope a wide balcony has been built up, over which the creepers climb and trail.
wide
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From this reading All round the drawing-room windows at Scrope a wide balcony has been built up, over which the creepers climb and trail.
windows
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From this reading All round the drawing-room windows at Scrope a wide balcony has been built up, over which the creepers climb and trail.
WithinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Within the drawing-room, before a low table, sits Miss Scrope, tatting industriously.
