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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 I am looking out from the deep window of my study, through the sharp air of a frosty, clear November night.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I fancy I am leaning again over the grey wall, which bounds the sloping road on yonder Calton, looking down with rapt and dreamy eyes upon that wonderful scene below.
air
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From this reading I am looking out from the deep window of my study, through the sharp air of a frosty, clear November night.
all
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From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am looking out from the deep window of my study, through the sharp air of a frosty, clear November night.
anchored
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The face of the beautiful night before me brings back another time.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
back
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From this reading The face of the beautiful night before me brings back another time.
bare
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
beautiful
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From this reading The face of the beautiful night before me brings back another time.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The face of the beautiful night before me brings back another time.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading I fancy I am leaning again over the grey wall, which bounds the sloping road on yonder Calton, looking down with rapt and dreamy eyes upon that wonderful scene below.
blew
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From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
bounds
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From this reading I fancy I am leaning again over the grey wall, which bounds the sloping road on yonder Calton, looking down with rapt and dreamy eyes upon that wonderful scene below.
breaking
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From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
breezes
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From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
brings
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From this reading The face of the beautiful night before me brings back another time.
bugle
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From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
Calton
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clear
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From this reading I am looking out from the deep window of my study, through the sharp air of a frosty, clear November night.
clouds
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
cottage
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
creeks
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
deep
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From this reading I am looking out from the deep window of my study, through the sharp air of a frosty, clear November night.
dew
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From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
down
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
dreamy
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From this reading I fancy I am leaning again over the grey wall, which bounds the sloping road on yonder Calton, looking down with rapt and dreamy eyes upon that wonderful scene below.
embayed
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
ereconjunctionUS /er/
an old word for “before”
From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
eyes
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face
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From this reading The face of the beautiful night before me brings back another time.
fancy
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From this reading I fancy I am leaning again over the grey wall, which bounds the sloping road on yonder Calton, looking down with rapt and dreamy eyes upon that wonderful scene below.
far
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
feet
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
floating
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
forlorn
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From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
fresh
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From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I am looking out from the deep window of my study, through the sharp air of a frosty, clear November night.
frosty
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From this reading I am looking out from the deep window of my study, through the sharp air of a frosty, clear November night.
gleaming
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
glow-worms
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
grass
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
grey
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From this reading I fancy I am leaning again over the grey wall, which bounds the sloping road on yonder Calton, looking down with rapt and dreamy eyes upon that wonderful scene below.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
inlets
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
leaning
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From this reading I fancy I am leaning again over the grey wall, which bounds the sloping road on yonder Calton, looking down with rapt and dreamy eyes upon that wonderful scene below.
lie
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
lights
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
like
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
looking
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From this reading I am looking out from the deep window of my study, through the sharp air of a frosty, clear November night.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The face of the beautiful night before me brings back another time.
MEMORIAM
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From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
mists
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
morn
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From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
mountain
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I am looking out from the deep window of my study, through the sharp air of a frosty, clear November night.
night
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From this reading I am looking out from the deep window of my study, through the sharp air of a frosty, clear November night.
November
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From this reading I am looking out from the deep window of my study, through the sharp air of a frosty, clear November night.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I am looking out from the deep window of my study, through the sharp air of a frosty, clear November night.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
out
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From this reading I am looking out from the deep window of my study, through the sharp air of a frosty, clear November night.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading I fancy I am leaning again over the grey wall, which bounds the sloping road on yonder Calton, looking down with rapt and dreamy eyes upon that wonderful scene below.
path
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From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
rapt
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From this reading I fancy I am leaning again over the grey wall, which bounds the sloping road on yonder Calton, looking down with rapt and dreamy eyes upon that wonderful scene below.
Reveillée
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From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
road
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From this reading I fancy I am leaning again over the grey wall, which bounds the sloping road on yonder Calton, looking down with rapt and dreamy eyes upon that wonderful scene below.
scene
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From this reading I fancy I am leaning again over the grey wall, which bounds the sloping road on yonder Calton, looking down with rapt and dreamy eyes upon that wonderful scene below.
sharp
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From this reading I am looking out from the deep window of my study, through the sharp air of a frosty, clear November night.
ships
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
silvery
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
sky
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
sloping
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From this reading I fancy I am leaning again over the grey wall, which bounds the sloping road on yonder Calton, looking down with rapt and dreamy eyes upon that wonderful scene below.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
some
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
stars
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
study
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From this reading I am looking out from the deep window of my study, through the sharp air of a frosty, clear November night.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
There
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I am looking out from the deep window of my study, through the sharp air of a frosty, clear November night.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The face of the beautiful night before me brings back another time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
trees
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading I fancy I am leaning again over the grey wall, which bounds the sloping road on yonder Calton, looking down with rapt and dreamy eyes upon that wonderful scene below.
walk
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From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
walked
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From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
wall
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From this reading I fancy I am leaning again over the grey wall, which bounds the sloping road on yonder Calton, looking down with rapt and dreamy eyes upon that wonderful scene below.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
water-side
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I fancy I am leaning again over the grey wall, which bounds the sloping road on yonder Calton, looking down with rapt and dreamy eyes upon that wonderful scene below.
window
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From this reading I am looking out from the deep window of my study, through the sharp air of a frosty, clear November night.
windows
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I walk as ere I walked forlorn When all our path was fresh with dew And all the bugle breezes blew Reveillée to the breaking morn.--IN MEMORIAM.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I fancy I am leaning again over the grey wall, which bounds the sloping road on yonder Calton, looking down with rapt and dreamy eyes upon that wonderful scene below.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
yonder
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From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There are lights gleaming in some cottage windows, so far down under the bare trees by the water-side, that you would think them glow-worms on the grass; and silvery mists are floating about the sky, and yonder lie some great distant mountain clouds, with stars embayed in creeks and inlets at their feet, like lights of anchored ships.
