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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 CLOUD THAT'S DRAGONISH" At the first opportunity Mirliflor had returned to the pavilion groves, where he need no longer worship from a distance.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading He saw her every day after that, occasionally in the daytime, whenever he could evade the Head Gardener's eye, and always in the evening.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading She would talk to him from her window, or sometimes she would consent to come out and stroll with him in the golden dusk along grass-grown paths bordered with high and ragged walls of yew.
always
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From this reading He saw her every day after that, occasionally in the daytime, whenever he could evade the Head Gardener's eye, and always in the evening.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He saw her every day after that, occasionally in the daytime, whenever he could evade the Head Gardener's eye, and always in the evening.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "A CLOUD THAT'S DRAGONISH" At the first opportunity Mirliflor had returned to the pavilion groves, where he need no longer worship from a distance.
away
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From this reading Daphne had received him graciously enough, but somehow he went away with a feeling that he had lost ground.
bordered
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From this reading She would talk to him from her window, or sometimes she would consent to come out and stroll with him in the golden dusk along grass-grown paths bordered with high and ragged walls of yew.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Daphne had received him graciously enough, but somehow he went away with a feeling that he had lost ground.
CLOUD
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From this reading "A CLOUD THAT'S DRAGONISH" At the first opportunity Mirliflor had returned to the pavilion groves, where he need no longer worship from a distance.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She would talk to him from her window, or sometimes she would consent to come out and stroll with him in the golden dusk along grass-grown paths bordered with high and ragged walls of yew.
consent
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From this reading She would talk to him from her window, or sometimes she would consent to come out and stroll with him in the golden dusk along grass-grown paths bordered with high and ragged walls of yew.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He saw her every day after that, occasionally in the daytime, whenever he could evade the Head Gardener's eye, and always in the evening.
Daphne
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From this reading Daphne had received him graciously enough, but somehow he went away with a feeling that he had lost ground.
day
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From this reading He saw her every day after that, occasionally in the daytime, whenever he could evade the Head Gardener's eye, and always in the evening.
daytime
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From this reading He saw her every day after that, occasionally in the daytime, whenever he could evade the Head Gardener's eye, and always in the evening.
distance
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From this reading "A CLOUD THAT'S DRAGONISH" At the first opportunity Mirliflor had returned to the pavilion groves, where he need no longer worship from a distance.
DRAGONISH
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From this reading "A CLOUD THAT'S DRAGONISH" At the first opportunity Mirliflor had returned to the pavilion groves, where he need no longer worship from a distance.
dusk
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From this reading She would talk to him from her window, or sometimes she would consent to come out and stroll with him in the golden dusk along grass-grown paths bordered with high and ragged walls of yew.
enough
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From this reading Daphne had received him graciously enough, but somehow he went away with a feeling that he had lost ground.
evade
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From this reading He saw her every day after that, occasionally in the daytime, whenever he could evade the Head Gardener's eye, and always in the evening.
evening
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From this reading He saw her every day after that, occasionally in the daytime, whenever he could evade the Head Gardener's eye, and always in the evening.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading He saw her every day after that, occasionally in the daytime, whenever he could evade the Head Gardener's eye, and always in the evening.
eye
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From this reading He saw her every day after that, occasionally in the daytime, whenever he could evade the Head Gardener's eye, and always in the evening.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Daphne had received him graciously enough, but somehow he went away with a feeling that he had lost ground.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "A CLOUD THAT'S DRAGONISH" At the first opportunity Mirliflor had returned to the pavilion groves, where he need no longer worship from a distance.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "A CLOUD THAT'S DRAGONISH" At the first opportunity Mirliflor had returned to the pavilion groves, where he need no longer worship from a distance.
Gardener's
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From this reading He saw her every day after that, occasionally in the daytime, whenever he could evade the Head Gardener's eye, and always in the evening.
golden
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From this reading She would talk to him from her window, or sometimes she would consent to come out and stroll with him in the golden dusk along grass-grown paths bordered with high and ragged walls of yew.
graciously
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From this reading Daphne had received him graciously enough, but somehow he went away with a feeling that he had lost ground.
grass-grown
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From this reading She would talk to him from her window, or sometimes she would consent to come out and stroll with him in the golden dusk along grass-grown paths bordered with high and ragged walls of yew.
ground
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From this reading Daphne had received him graciously enough, but somehow he went away with a feeling that he had lost ground.
groves
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From this reading "A CLOUD THAT'S DRAGONISH" At the first opportunity Mirliflor had returned to the pavilion groves, where he need no longer worship from a distance.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "A CLOUD THAT'S DRAGONISH" At the first opportunity Mirliflor had returned to the pavilion groves, where he need no longer worship from a distance.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "A CLOUD THAT'S DRAGONISH" At the first opportunity Mirliflor had returned to the pavilion groves, where he need no longer worship from a distance.
Head
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From this reading He saw her every day after that, occasionally in the daytime, whenever he could evade the Head Gardener's eye, and always in the evening.
heart
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From this reading And yet he parted from her with a sorer heart every evening.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He saw her every day after that, occasionally in the daytime, whenever he could evade the Head Gardener's eye, and always in the evening.
high
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From this reading She would talk to him from her window, or sometimes she would consent to come out and stroll with him in the golden dusk along grass-grown paths bordered with high and ragged walls of yew.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Daphne had received him graciously enough, but somehow he went away with a feeling that he had lost ground.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He saw her every day after that, occasionally in the daytime, whenever he could evade the Head Gardener's eye, and always in the evening.
longer
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From this reading "A CLOUD THAT'S DRAGONISH" At the first opportunity Mirliflor had returned to the pavilion groves, where he need no longer worship from a distance.
lost
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From this reading Daphne had received him graciously enough, but somehow he went away with a feeling that he had lost ground.
Mirliflor
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From this reading "A CLOUD THAT'S DRAGONISH" At the first opportunity Mirliflor had returned to the pavilion groves, where he need no longer worship from a distance.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "A CLOUD THAT'S DRAGONISH" At the first opportunity Mirliflor had returned to the pavilion groves, where he need no longer worship from a distance.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading "A CLOUD THAT'S DRAGONISH" At the first opportunity Mirliflor had returned to the pavilion groves, where he need no longer worship from a distance.
occasionally
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From this reading He saw her every day after that, occasionally in the daytime, whenever he could evade the Head Gardener's eye, and always in the evening.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She would talk to him from her window, or sometimes she would consent to come out and stroll with him in the golden dusk along grass-grown paths bordered with high and ragged walls of yew.
opportunity
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From this reading "A CLOUD THAT'S DRAGONISH" At the first opportunity Mirliflor had returned to the pavilion groves, where he need no longer worship from a distance.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading She would talk to him from her window, or sometimes she would consent to come out and stroll with him in the golden dusk along grass-grown paths bordered with high and ragged walls of yew.
out
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From this reading She would talk to him from her window, or sometimes she would consent to come out and stroll with him in the golden dusk along grass-grown paths bordered with high and ragged walls of yew.
parted
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From this reading And yet he parted from her with a sorer heart every evening.
paths
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From this reading She would talk to him from her window, or sometimes she would consent to come out and stroll with him in the golden dusk along grass-grown paths bordered with high and ragged walls of yew.
pavilion
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From this reading "A CLOUD THAT'S DRAGONISH" At the first opportunity Mirliflor had returned to the pavilion groves, where he need no longer worship from a distance.
ragged
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From this reading She would talk to him from her window, or sometimes she would consent to come out and stroll with him in the golden dusk along grass-grown paths bordered with high and ragged walls of yew.
received
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From this reading Daphne had received him graciously enough, but somehow he went away with a feeling that he had lost ground.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "A CLOUD THAT'S DRAGONISH" At the first opportunity Mirliflor had returned to the pavilion groves, where he need no longer worship from a distance.
saw
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From this reading He saw her every day after that, occasionally in the daytime, whenever he could evade the Head Gardener's eye, and always in the evening.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She would talk to him from her window, or sometimes she would consent to come out and stroll with him in the golden dusk along grass-grown paths bordered with high and ragged walls of yew.
somehow
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From this reading Daphne had received him graciously enough, but somehow he went away with a feeling that he had lost ground.
sometimes
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From this reading She would talk to him from her window, or sometimes she would consent to come out and stroll with him in the golden dusk along grass-grown paths bordered with high and ragged walls of yew.
sorer
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From this reading And yet he parted from her with a sorer heart every evening.
stroll
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From this reading She would talk to him from her window, or sometimes she would consent to come out and stroll with him in the golden dusk along grass-grown paths bordered with high and ragged walls of yew.
talk
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From this reading She would talk to him from her window, or sometimes she would consent to come out and stroll with him in the golden dusk along grass-grown paths bordered with high and ragged walls of yew.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Daphne had received him graciously enough, but somehow he went away with a feeling that he had lost ground.
THAT'S
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From this reading "A CLOUD THAT'S DRAGONISH" At the first opportunity Mirliflor had returned to the pavilion groves, where he need no longer worship from a distance.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "A CLOUD THAT'S DRAGONISH" At the first opportunity Mirliflor had returned to the pavilion groves, where he need no longer worship from a distance.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "A CLOUD THAT'S DRAGONISH" At the first opportunity Mirliflor had returned to the pavilion groves, where he need no longer worship from a distance.
walls
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From this reading She would talk to him from her window, or sometimes she would consent to come out and stroll with him in the golden dusk along grass-grown paths bordered with high and ragged walls of yew.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Daphne had received him graciously enough, but somehow he went away with a feeling that he had lost ground.
wheneverconjunctionUS /weˈnevər/
at any time that; every time that
From this reading He saw her every day after that, occasionally in the daytime, whenever he could evade the Head Gardener's eye, and always in the evening.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading "A CLOUD THAT'S DRAGONISH" At the first opportunity Mirliflor had returned to the pavilion groves, where he need no longer worship from a distance.
window
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From this reading She would talk to him from her window, or sometimes she would consent to come out and stroll with him in the golden dusk along grass-grown paths bordered with high and ragged walls of yew.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Daphne had received him graciously enough, but somehow he went away with a feeling that he had lost ground.
worship
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From this reading "A CLOUD THAT'S DRAGONISH" At the first opportunity Mirliflor had returned to the pavilion groves, where he need no longer worship from a distance.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She would talk to him from her window, or sometimes she would consent to come out and stroll with him in the golden dusk along grass-grown paths bordered with high and ragged walls of yew.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet he parted from her with a sorer heart every evening.
yew
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From this reading She would talk to him from her window, or sometimes she would consent to come out and stroll with him in the golden dusk along grass-grown paths bordered with high and ragged walls of yew.
