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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 beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
air
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From this reading Evening was coming on, and, though there was still little chill in the air, the sentiment of the September landscape was cold.
all
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From this reading The world is all before us where to choose----’ The boat lay faintly rocking upon the little wavelets from which the ruddy reflection of the sunset was just fading.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ‘We must think of where we are going to live,’ Lady Car said; ‘we have never discussed that question.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That suspicion of coming winter which tells the birds so distinctly that it is time to be gone breathed a hint to-night into human faculties more obtuse.
beautiful
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From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The world is all before us where to choose----’ The boat lay faintly rocking upon the little wavelets from which the ruddy reflection of the sunset was just fading.
birds
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From this reading That suspicion of coming winter which tells the birds so distinctly that it is time to be gone breathed a hint to-night into human faculties more obtuse.
blue
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From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
boat
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From this reading The world is all before us where to choose----’ The boat lay faintly rocking upon the little wavelets from which the ruddy reflection of the sunset was just fading.
bosom
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From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
breadth
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From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
breathed
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From this reading That suspicion of coming winter which tells the birds so distinctly that it is time to be gone breathed a hint to-night into human faculties more obtuse.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
Car
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From this reading ‘We must think of where we are going to live,’ Lady Car said; ‘we have never discussed that question.
chill
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From this reading Evening was coming on, and, though there was still little chill in the air, the sentiment of the September landscape was cold.
choosenounUS /choose/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The world is all before us where to choose----’ The boat lay faintly rocking upon the little wavelets from which the ruddy reflection of the sunset was just fading.
cold
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From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
colour
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From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
coming
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From this reading Evening was coming on, and, though there was still little chill in the air, the sentiment of the September landscape was cold.
Dent
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From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
discussed
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From this reading ‘We must think of where we are going to live,’ Lady Car said; ‘we have never discussed that question.
distinctly
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From this reading That suspicion of coming winter which tells the birds so distinctly that it is time to be gone breathed a hint to-night into human faculties more obtuse.
du
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From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
Evening
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From this reading Evening was coming on, and, though there was still little chill in the air, the sentiment of the September landscape was cold.
faculties
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From this reading That suspicion of coming winter which tells the birds so distinctly that it is time to be gone breathed a hint to-night into human faculties more obtuse.
fading
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From this reading The world is all before us where to choose----’ The boat lay faintly rocking upon the little wavelets from which the ruddy reflection of the sunset was just fading.
faintly
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From this reading The world is all before us where to choose----’ The boat lay faintly rocking upon the little wavelets from which the ruddy reflection of the sunset was just fading.
flush
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From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The world is all before us where to choose----’ The boat lay faintly rocking upon the little wavelets from which the ruddy reflection of the sunset was just fading.
glowingnounUS /ˈglowing/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
going
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From this reading ‘We must think of where we are going to live,’ Lady Car said; ‘we have never discussed that question.
gone
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From this reading That suspicion of coming winter which tells the birds so distinctly that it is time to be gone breathed a hint to-night into human faculties more obtuse.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
grown
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From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
half-cold
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From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ‘We must think of where we are going to live,’ Lady Car said; ‘we have never discussed that question.
hint
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From this reading That suspicion of coming winter which tells the birds so distinctly that it is time to be gone breathed a hint to-night into human faculties more obtuse.
human
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From this reading That suspicion of coming winter which tells the birds so distinctly that it is time to be gone breathed a hint to-night into human faculties more obtuse.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading That suspicion of coming winter which tells the birds so distinctly that it is time to be gone breathed a hint to-night into human faculties more obtuse.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The world is all before us where to choose----’ The boat lay faintly rocking upon the little wavelets from which the ruddy reflection of the sunset was just fading.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That suspicion of coming winter which tells the birds so distinctly that it is time to be gone breathed a hint to-night into human faculties more obtuse.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
just
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From this reading The world is all before us where to choose----’ The boat lay faintly rocking upon the little wavelets from which the ruddy reflection of the sunset was just fading.
Lady
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From this reading ‘We must think of where we are going to live,’ Lady Car said; ‘we have never discussed that question.
landscape
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From this reading Evening was coming on, and, though there was still little chill in the air, the sentiment of the September landscape was cold.
lay
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From this reading The world is all before us where to choose----’ The boat lay faintly rocking upon the little wavelets from which the ruddy reflection of the sunset was just fading.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The world is all before us where to choose----’ The boat lay faintly rocking upon the little wavelets from which the ruddy reflection of the sunset was just fading.
live
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From this reading ‘We must think of where we are going to live,’ Lady Car said; ‘we have never discussed that question.
Midi
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From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
more
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From this reading That suspicion of coming winter which tells the birds so distinctly that it is time to be gone breathed a hint to-night into human faculties more obtuse.
mountains
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From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading ‘We must think of where we are going to live,’ Lady Car said; ‘we have never discussed that question.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘We must think of where we are going to live,’ Lady Car said; ‘we have never discussed that question.
obtuse
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From this reading That suspicion of coming winter which tells the birds so distinctly that it is time to be gone breathed a hint to-night into human faculties more obtuse.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ‘We must think of where we are going to live,’ Lady Car said; ‘we have never discussed that question.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
out
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From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
outline
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From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
pinnacles
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From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
questionnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ‘We must think of where we are going to live,’ Lady Car said; ‘we have never discussed that question.
reflection
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From this reading The world is all before us where to choose----’ The boat lay faintly rocking upon the little wavelets from which the ruddy reflection of the sunset was just fading.
rocking
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From this reading The world is all before us where to choose----’ The boat lay faintly rocking upon the little wavelets from which the ruddy reflection of the sunset was just fading.
rose
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From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
ruddy
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From this reading The world is all before us where to choose----’ The boat lay faintly rocking upon the little wavelets from which the ruddy reflection of the sunset was just fading.
said
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From this reading ‘We must think of where we are going to live,’ Lady Car said; ‘we have never discussed that question.
Savoy
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From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
sentiment
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From this reading Evening was coming on, and, though there was still little chill in the air, the sentiment of the September landscape was cold.
September
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From this reading Evening was coming on, and, though there was still little chill in the air, the sentiment of the September landscape was cold.
side
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From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading That suspicion of coming winter which tells the birds so distinctly that it is time to be gone breathed a hint to-night into human faculties more obtuse.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
sunset
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From this reading The world is all before us where to choose----’ The boat lay faintly rocking upon the little wavelets from which the ruddy reflection of the sunset was just fading.
suspicion
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From this reading That suspicion of coming winter which tells the birds so distinctly that it is time to be gone breathed a hint to-night into human faculties more obtuse.
tells
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From this reading That suspicion of coming winter which tells the birds so distinctly that it is time to be gone breathed a hint to-night into human faculties more obtuse.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘We must think of where we are going to live,’ Lady Car said; ‘we have never discussed that question.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The world is all before us where to choose----’ The boat lay faintly rocking upon the little wavelets from which the ruddy reflection of the sunset was just fading.
there
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From this reading Evening was coming on, and, though there was still little chill in the air, the sentiment of the September landscape was cold.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘We must think of where we are going to live,’ Lady Car said; ‘we have never discussed that question.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Evening was coming on, and, though there was still little chill in the air, the sentiment of the September landscape was cold.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That suspicion of coming winter which tells the birds so distinctly that it is time to be gone breathed a hint to-night into human faculties more obtuse.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘We must think of where we are going to live,’ Lady Car said; ‘we have never discussed that question.
to-night
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From this reading That suspicion of coming winter which tells the birds so distinctly that it is time to be gone breathed a hint to-night into human faculties more obtuse.
too
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From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The world is all before us where to choose----’ The boat lay faintly rocking upon the little wavelets from which the ruddy reflection of the sunset was just fading.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The world is all before us where to choose----’ The boat lay faintly rocking upon the little wavelets from which the ruddy reflection of the sunset was just fading.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The world is all before us where to choose----’ The boat lay faintly rocking upon the little wavelets from which the ruddy reflection of the sunset was just fading.
wavelets
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From this reading The world is all before us where to choose----’ The boat lay faintly rocking upon the little wavelets from which the ruddy reflection of the sunset was just fading.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading ‘We must think of where we are going to live,’ Lady Car said; ‘we have never discussed that question.
west
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From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading ‘We must think of where we are going to live,’ Lady Car said; ‘we have never discussed that question.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The world is all before us where to choose----’ The boat lay faintly rocking upon the little wavelets from which the ruddy reflection of the sunset was just fading.
white
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From this reading The beautiful outline of the mountains on the Savoy side stood out blue and half-cold against the glowing west, the Dent du Midi had still a flush of rose colour upon its pinnacles, but had grown white and cold too in the breadth of its great bosom.
winter
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From this reading That suspicion of coming winter which tells the birds so distinctly that it is time to be gone breathed a hint to-night into human faculties more obtuse.
world
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From this reading The world is all before us where to choose----’ The boat lay faintly rocking upon the little wavelets from which the ruddy reflection of the sunset was just fading.
