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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 “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading THE CAPTIVE BOUND _They sat with the twilight shadows about them.
air
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From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Memories too poignant assailed them, and her hand trembled as it lay upon his arm.
answerednounUS /ˈanswered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
appears
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From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
arm
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From this reading Memories too poignant assailed them, and her hand trembled as it lay upon his arm.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Memories too poignant assailed them, and her hand trembled as it lay upon his arm.
assailed
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From this reading Memories too poignant assailed them, and her hand trembled as it lay upon his arm.
bare
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From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
BOUND
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From this reading THE CAPTIVE BOUND _They sat with the twilight shadows about them.
bright
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From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
CAPTIVE
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From this reading THE CAPTIVE BOUND _They sat with the twilight shadows about them.
cloudy
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From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
eye
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From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
faith
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From this reading “Have we kept the faith?”
hand
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From this reading Memories too poignant assailed them, and her hand trembled as it lay upon his arm.
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have we kept the faith?”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Memories too poignant assailed them, and her hand trembled as it lay upon his arm.
high
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From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Memories too poignant assailed them, and her hand trembled as it lay upon his arm.
How
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From this reading “How strange it was!” she whispered.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Memories too poignant assailed them, and her hand trembled as it lay upon his arm.
kept
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From this reading “Have we kept the faith?”
knows
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From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
lay
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From this reading Memories too poignant assailed them, and her hand trembled as it lay upon his arm.
less
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From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
life's
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From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
low
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From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
MemoriesnounUS /ˈmɛm.ə.riz/
Recollections of past events.
From this reading Memories too poignant assailed them, and her hand trembled as it lay upon his arm.
morning-sun
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From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
mountain-tops
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From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
poignant
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From this reading Memories too poignant assailed them, and her hand trembled as it lay upon his arm.
practised
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From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
read
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From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
sanguine
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From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
sat
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From this reading THE CAPTIVE BOUND _They sat with the twilight shadows about them.
seem'd
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From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
shadows
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From this reading THE CAPTIVE BOUND _They sat with the twilight shadows about them.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “How strange it was!” she whispered.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
strange
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From this reading “How strange it was!” she whispered.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CAPTIVE BOUND _They sat with the twilight shadows about them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading THE CAPTIVE BOUND _They sat with the twilight shadows about them.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE CAPTIVE BOUND _They sat with the twilight shadows about them.
throne
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From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
too
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From this reading Memories too poignant assailed them, and her hand trembled as it lay upon his arm.
Tops
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From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
trembled
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From this reading Memories too poignant assailed them, and her hand trembled as it lay upon his arm.
Truth
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From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
twilightnounUS /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/
the dim light before night or sunrise
From this reading THE CAPTIVE BOUND _They sat with the twilight shadows about them.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Memories too poignant assailed them, and her hand trembled as it lay upon his arm.
voice
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From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “How strange it was!” she whispered.
way
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From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Have we kept the faith?”
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
whispered
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From this reading “How strange it was!” she whispered.
WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE CAPTIVE BOUND _They sat with the twilight shadows about them.
youth
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From this reading “Who knows?” he answered; and in a low voice he read-- “And long the way appears, which seem’d so short To the less practised eye of sanguine youth; And high the mountain-tops, in cloudy air, The mountain-tops where is the throne of Truth, Tops in life’s morning-sun so bright and bare!”_
