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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 From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
alligators
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From this reading And soon we crossed a bridge of boughs, spanning a trench, thickly planted with roots of the Tara, like alligators, or Hollanders, reveling in the soft alluvial.
alluvial
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From this reading And soon we crossed a bridge of boughs, spanning a trench, thickly planted with roots of the Tara, like alligators, or Hollanders, reveling in the soft alluvial.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Here, nodding with green orchards of the Bread-fruit and the Palm; there, flashing with golden plantations of the Banana.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Level as a meadow, was the bosom of the glen.
Banana
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From this reading Here, nodding with green orchards of the Bread-fruit and the Palm; there, flashing with golden plantations of the Banana.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
bosom
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From this reading Level as a meadow, was the bosom of the glen.
boughs
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From this reading And soon we crossed a bridge of boughs, spanning a trench, thickly planted with roots of the Tara, like alligators, or Hollanders, reveling in the soft alluvial.
Bread-fruit
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From this reading Here, nodding with green orchards of the Bread-fruit and the Palm; there, flashing with golden plantations of the Banana.
bridge
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From this reading And soon we crossed a bridge of boughs, spanning a trench, thickly planted with roots of the Tara, like alligators, or Hollanders, reveling in the soft alluvial.
broad
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From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
came
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From this reading Emerging from these, we came out upon a grassy mead, skirting a projection of the mountain.
cavernnounUS /ˈkæv.ərn/
A large, vast underground cave, often filled with forgotten ancient treasures.
From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
cliffs
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From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
conducted
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From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
cross-path
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From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
crossed
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From this reading And soon we crossed a bridge of boughs, spanning a trench, thickly planted with roots of the Tara, like alligators, or Hollanders, reveling in the soft alluvial.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
embracing
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From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
Emerging
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From this reading Emerging from these, we came out upon a grassy mead, skirting a projection of the mountain.
flashing
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From this reading Here, nodding with green orchards of the Bread-fruit and the Palm; there, flashing with golden plantations of the Banana.
fraternal
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From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
glen
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From this reading Level as a meadow, was the bosom of the glen.
golden
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From this reading Here, nodding with green orchards of the Bread-fruit and the Palm; there, flashing with golden plantations of the Banana.
grassy
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From this reading Emerging from these, we came out upon a grassy mead, skirting a projection of the mountain.
green
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From this reading Here, nodding with green orchards of the Bread-fruit and the Palm; there, flashing with golden plantations of the Banana.
hand
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From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, nodding with green orchards of the Bread-fruit and the Palm; there, flashing with golden plantations of the Banana.
Hollanders
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From this reading And soon we crossed a bridge of boughs, spanning a trench, thickly planted with roots of the Tara, like alligators, or Hollanders, reveling in the soft alluvial.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
leading
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From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
Level
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From this reading Level as a meadow, was the bosom of the glen.
like
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From this reading And soon we crossed a bridge of boughs, spanning a trench, thickly planted with roots of the Tara, like alligators, or Hollanders, reveling in the soft alluvial.
mead
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From this reading Emerging from these, we came out upon a grassy mead, skirting a projection of the mountain.
meadow
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From this reading Level as a meadow, was the bosom of the glen.
mentioned
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From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
mid-air
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From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
mountain
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From this reading Emerging from these, we came out upon a grassy mead, skirting a projection of the mountain.
mouth
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From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
nodding
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From this reading Here, nodding with green orchards of the Bread-fruit and the Palm; there, flashing with golden plantations of the Banana.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
opposite
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From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading And soon we crossed a bridge of boughs, spanning a trench, thickly planted with roots of the Tara, like alligators, or Hollanders, reveling in the soft alluvial.
orchards
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From this reading Here, nodding with green orchards of the Bread-fruit and the Palm; there, flashing with golden plantations of the Banana.
out
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From this reading Emerging from these, we came out upon a grassy mead, skirting a projection of the mountain.
over-arched
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From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
Palm
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From this reading Here, nodding with green orchards of the Bread-fruit and the Palm; there, flashing with golden plantations of the Banana.
plantations
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From this reading Here, nodding with green orchards of the Bread-fruit and the Palm; there, flashing with golden plantations of the Banana.
planted
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From this reading And soon we crossed a bridge of boughs, spanning a trench, thickly planted with roots of the Tara, like alligators, or Hollanders, reveling in the soft alluvial.
projection
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From this reading Emerging from these, we came out upon a grassy mead, skirting a projection of the mountain.
reveling
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From this reading And soon we crossed a bridge of boughs, spanning a trench, thickly planted with roots of the Tara, like alligators, or Hollanders, reveling in the soft alluvial.
roots
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From this reading And soon we crossed a bridge of boughs, spanning a trench, thickly planted with roots of the Tara, like alligators, or Hollanders, reveling in the soft alluvial.
shaded
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From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
shading
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From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
skirting
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From this reading Emerging from these, we came out upon a grassy mead, skirting a projection of the mountain.
soft
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From this reading And soon we crossed a bridge of boughs, spanning a trench, thickly planted with roots of the Tara, like alligators, or Hollanders, reveling in the soft alluvial.
soon
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From this reading And soon we crossed a bridge of boughs, spanning a trench, thickly planted with roots of the Tara, like alligators, or Hollanders, reveling in the soft alluvial.
spanning
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From this reading And soon we crossed a bridge of boughs, spanning a trench, thickly planted with roots of the Tara, like alligators, or Hollanders, reveling in the soft alluvial.
Tara
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From this reading And soon we crossed a bridge of boughs, spanning a trench, thickly planted with roots of the Tara, like alligators, or Hollanders, reveling in the soft alluvial.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
there
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From this reading Here, nodding with green orchards of the Bread-fruit and the Palm; there, flashing with golden plantations of the Banana.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Emerging from these, we came out upon a grassy mead, skirting a projection of the mountain.
thickly
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From this reading And soon we crossed a bridge of boughs, spanning a trench, thickly planted with roots of the Tara, like alligators, or Hollanders, reveling in the soft alluvial.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
trees
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From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
trench
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From this reading And soon we crossed a bridge of boughs, spanning a trench, thickly planted with roots of the Tara, like alligators, or Hollanders, reveling in the soft alluvial.
twin
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From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Emerging from these, we came out upon a grassy mead, skirting a projection of the mountain.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
villages
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From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Level as a meadow, was the bosom of the glen.
way
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From this reading From the mouth of the cavern, a broad shaded way over-arched by fraternal trees embracing in mid-air, conducted us to a cross-path, on either hand leading to the opposite cliffs, shading the twin villages before mentioned.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Emerging from these, we came out upon a grassy mead, skirting a projection of the mountain.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Here, nodding with green orchards of the Bread-fruit and the Palm; there, flashing with golden plantations of the Banana.
