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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 Falloden had just finished a solitary luncheon in the little dining-room of the Boar’s Hill cottage.
amethyst
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From this reading Oxford, the beautiful city, with its domes and spires, lay in the hollow beneath the spectator, wreathed in thin mists of sunlit amethyst.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was a garden door in the room, and lighting a cigarette, he passed out through it to the terrace outside.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was the last week of October, and the autumn was still warm and windless, as though there were no shrieking November to come.
autumn
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From this reading It was the last week of October, and the autumn was still warm and windless, as though there were no shrieking November to come.
beautiful
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From this reading Oxford, the beautiful city, with its domes and spires, lay in the hollow beneath the spectator, wreathed in thin mists of sunlit amethyst.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Oxford, the beautiful city, with its domes and spires, lay in the hollow beneath the spectator, wreathed in thin mists of sunlit amethyst.
best
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From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
Boar's
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From this reading Falloden had just finished a solitary luncheon in the little dining-room of the Boar’s Hill cottage.
cigarette
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From this reading There was a garden door in the room, and lighting a cigarette, he passed out through it to the terrace outside.
city
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From this reading Oxford, the beautiful city, with its domes and spires, lay in the hollow beneath the spectator, wreathed in thin mists of sunlit amethyst.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the last week of October, and the autumn was still warm and windless, as though there were no shrieking November to come.
common
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From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
compared
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From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
cottage
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From this reading Falloden had just finished a solitary luncheon in the little dining-room of the Boar’s Hill cottage.
d'Arno
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From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
dining-room
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From this reading Falloden had just finished a solitary luncheon in the little dining-room of the Boar’s Hill cottage.
domes
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From this reading Oxford, the beautiful city, with its domes and spires, lay in the hollow beneath the spectator, wreathed in thin mists of sunlit amethyst.
door
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From this reading There was a garden door in the room, and lighting a cigarette, he passed out through it to the terrace outside.
Falloden
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From this reading Falloden had just finished a solitary luncheon in the little dining-room of the Boar’s Hill cottage.
Fiesole
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From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
finished
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From this reading Falloden had just finished a solitary luncheon in the little dining-room of the Boar’s Hill cottage.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
garden
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From this reading There was a garden door in the room, and lighting a cigarette, he passed out through it to the terrace outside.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Falloden had just finished a solitary luncheon in the little dining-room of the Boar’s Hill cottage.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was a garden door in the room, and lighting a cigarette, he passed out through it to the terrace outside.
Hill
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From this reading Falloden had just finished a solitary luncheon in the little dining-room of the Boar’s Hill cottage.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
hollow
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From this reading Oxford, the beautiful city, with its domes and spires, lay in the hollow beneath the spectator, wreathed in thin mists of sunlit amethyst.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Falloden had just finished a solitary luncheon in the little dining-room of the Boar’s Hill cottage.
incomparable
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From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
indeed
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From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There was a garden door in the room, and lighting a cigarette, he passed out through it to the terrace outside.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Oxford, the beautiful city, with its domes and spires, lay in the hollow beneath the spectator, wreathed in thin mists of sunlit amethyst.
just
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From this reading Falloden had just finished a solitary luncheon in the little dining-room of the Boar’s Hill cottage.
landscape
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From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the last week of October, and the autumn was still warm and windless, as though there were no shrieking November to come.
lay
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From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
lighting
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From this reading There was a garden door in the room, and lighting a cigarette, he passed out through it to the terrace outside.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Falloden had just finished a solitary luncheon in the little dining-room of the Boar’s Hill cottage.
luncheon
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From this reading Falloden had just finished a solitary luncheon in the little dining-room of the Boar’s Hill cottage.
man's
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From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
mingling
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From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
mists
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From this reading Oxford, the beautiful city, with its domes and spires, lay in the hollow beneath the spectator, wreathed in thin mists of sunlit amethyst.
mountain
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From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading It was the last week of October, and the autumn was still warm and windless, as though there were no shrieking November to come.
November
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From this reading It was the last week of October, and the autumn was still warm and windless, as though there were no shrieking November to come.
October
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From this reading It was the last week of October, and the autumn was still warm and windless, as though there were no shrieking November to come.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Falloden had just finished a solitary luncheon in the little dining-room of the Boar’s Hill cottage.
often
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From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
out
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From this reading There was a garden door in the room, and lighting a cigarette, he passed out through it to the terrace outside.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was a garden door in the room, and lighting a cigarette, he passed out through it to the terrace outside.
Oxford
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From this reading Oxford, the beautiful city, with its domes and spires, lay in the hollow beneath the spectator, wreathed in thin mists of sunlit amethyst.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a garden door in the room, and lighting a cigarette, he passed out through it to the terrace outside.
points
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From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
river
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From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
room
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From this reading There was a garden door in the room, and lighting a cigarette, he passed out through it to the terrace outside.
seen
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From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
shrieking
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From this reading It was the last week of October, and the autumn was still warm and windless, as though there were no shrieking November to come.
solitary
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From this reading Falloden had just finished a solitary luncheon in the little dining-room of the Boar’s Hill cottage.
some
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From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
spectator
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From this reading Oxford, the beautiful city, with its domes and spires, lay in the hollow beneath the spectator, wreathed in thin mists of sunlit amethyst.
spires
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From this reading Oxford, the beautiful city, with its domes and spires, lay in the hollow beneath the spectator, wreathed in thin mists of sunlit amethyst.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the last week of October, and the autumn was still warm and windless, as though there were no shrieking November to come.
sunlit
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From this reading Oxford, the beautiful city, with its domes and spires, lay in the hollow beneath the spectator, wreathed in thin mists of sunlit amethyst.
terrace
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From this reading There was a garden door in the room, and lighting a cigarette, he passed out through it to the terrace outside.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Falloden had just finished a solitary luncheon in the little dining-room of the Boar’s Hill cottage.
There
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From this reading There was a garden door in the room, and lighting a cigarette, he passed out through it to the terrace outside.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading Oxford, the beautiful city, with its domes and spires, lay in the hollow beneath the spectator, wreathed in thin mists of sunlit amethyst.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading It was the last week of October, and the autumn was still warm and windless, as though there were no shrieking November to come.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was a garden door in the room, and lighting a cigarette, he passed out through it to the terrace outside.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was a garden door in the room, and lighting a cigarette, he passed out through it to the terrace outside.
Val
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From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
warm
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From this reading It was the last week of October, and the autumn was still warm and windless, as though there were no shrieking November to come.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a garden door in the room, and lighting a cigarette, he passed out through it to the terrace outside.
week
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From this reading It was the last week of October, and the autumn was still warm and windless, as though there were no shrieking November to come.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was the last week of October, and the autumn was still warm and windless, as though there were no shrieking November to come.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
windless
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From this reading It was the last week of October, and the autumn was still warm and windless, as though there were no shrieking November to come.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A landscape lay before him, which has often been compared to that of the Val d’Arno seen from Fiesole, and has indeed some common points with that incomparable mingling of man’s best with the best of mountain and river.
wreathed
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From this reading Oxford, the beautiful city, with its domes and spires, lay in the hollow beneath the spectator, wreathed in thin mists of sunlit amethyst.
