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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 HOW MONA RISES BETIMES--AND HOW SHE ENCOUNTERS A STRANGER AMIDST THE MORNING DEWS.
All
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From this reading All through the night Mona scarcely shuts her eyes, so full is her mind of troubled and perplexing thoughts.
amice
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From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
AMIDSTprepositionUS /əˈmɪdst/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading HOW MONA RISES BETIMES--AND HOW SHE ENCOUNTERS A STRANGER AMIDST THE MORNING DEWS.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HOW MONA RISES BETIMES--AND HOW SHE ENCOUNTERS A STRANGER AMIDST THE MORNING DEWS.
any
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From this reading At last her brain grows so tired that she cannot pursue any subject to its end, so she lies silently awake, watching for the coming of the tardy dawn.
apace
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From this reading "Brown night retires; young day pours in apace, And opens all a lawny prospect wide."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At last her brain grows so tired that she cannot pursue any subject to its end, so she lies silently awake, watching for the coming of the tardy dawn.
awake
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From this reading At last her brain grows so tired that she cannot pursue any subject to its end, so she lies silently awake, watching for the coming of the tardy dawn.
BETIMES
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From this reading HOW MONA RISES BETIMES--AND HOW SHE ENCOUNTERS A STRANGER AMIDST THE MORNING DEWS.
brain
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From this reading At last her brain grows so tired that she cannot pursue any subject to its end, so she lies silently awake, watching for the coming of the tardy dawn.
breaks
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From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
Brown
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From this reading "Brown night retires; young day pours in apace, And opens all a lawny prospect wide."
cannot
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From this reading At last her brain grows so tired that she cannot pursue any subject to its end, so she lies silently awake, watching for the coming of the tardy dawn.
Comes
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From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
coming
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From this reading At last her brain grows so tired that she cannot pursue any subject to its end, so she lies silently awake, watching for the coming of the tardy dawn.
curtain
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From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
dawn
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From this reading At last her brain grows so tired that she cannot pursue any subject to its end, so she lies silently awake, watching for the coming of the tardy dawn.
day
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From this reading "Brown night retires; young day pours in apace, And opens all a lawny prospect wide."
DEWS
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ENCOUNTERS
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end
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From this reading At last her brain grows so tired that she cannot pursue any subject to its end, so she lies silently awake, watching for the coming of the tardy dawn.
eyes
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From this reading All through the night Mona scarcely shuts her eyes, so full is her mind of troubled and perplexing thoughts.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading At last her brain grows so tired that she cannot pursue any subject to its end, so she lies silently awake, watching for the coming of the tardy dawn.
forth
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From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
full
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From this reading All through the night Mona scarcely shuts her eyes, so full is her mind of troubled and perplexing thoughts.
ghostly
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From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
gray
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From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
grow
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From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
grows
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From this reading At last her brain grows so tired that she cannot pursue any subject to its end, so she lies silently awake, watching for the coming of the tardy dawn.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading All through the night Mona scarcely shuts her eyes, so full is her mind of troubled and perplexing thoughts.
HOW
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From this reading HOW MONA RISES BETIMES--AND HOW SHE ENCOUNTERS A STRANGER AMIDST THE MORNING DEWS.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
intimate
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From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All through the night Mona scarcely shuts her eyes, so full is her mind of troubled and perplexing thoughts.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading At last her brain grows so tired that she cannot pursue any subject to its end, so she lies silently awake, watching for the coming of the tardy dawn.
large
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From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At last her brain grows so tired that she cannot pursue any subject to its end, so she lies silently awake, watching for the coming of the tardy dawn.
lawny
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From this reading "Brown night retires; young day pours in apace, And opens all a lawny prospect wide."
lies
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From this reading At last her brain grows so tired that she cannot pursue any subject to its end, so she lies silently awake, watching for the coming of the tardy dawn.
light
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From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All through the night Mona scarcely shuts her eyes, so full is her mind of troubled and perplexing thoughts.
MONA
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From this reading HOW MONA RISES BETIMES--AND HOW SHE ENCOUNTERS A STRANGER AMIDST THE MORNING DEWS.
MORNINGnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW MONA RISES BETIMES--AND HOW SHE ENCOUNTERS A STRANGER AMIDST THE MORNING DEWS.
night
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From this reading All through the night Mona scarcely shuts her eyes, so full is her mind of troubled and perplexing thoughts.
objects
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From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All through the night Mona scarcely shuts her eyes, so full is her mind of troubled and perplexing thoughts.
opens
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From this reading "Brown night retires; young day pours in apace, And opens all a lawny prospect wide."
pale
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From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
perplexing
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From this reading All through the night Mona scarcely shuts her eyes, so full is her mind of troubled and perplexing thoughts.
pilgrim
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From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
pours
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From this reading "Brown night retires; young day pours in apace, And opens all a lawny prospect wide."
prospect
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From this reading "Brown night retires; young day pours in apace, And opens all a lawny prospect wide."
pursue
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From this reading At last her brain grows so tired that she cannot pursue any subject to its end, so she lies silently awake, watching for the coming of the tardy dawn.
retires
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From this reading "Brown night retires; young day pours in apace, And opens all a lawny prospect wide."
RISES
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From this reading HOW MONA RISES BETIMES--AND HOW SHE ENCOUNTERS A STRANGER AMIDST THE MORNING DEWS.
scarcely
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From this reading All through the night Mona scarcely shuts her eyes, so full is her mind of troubled and perplexing thoughts.
SHEpronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading HOW MONA RISES BETIMES--AND HOW SHE ENCOUNTERS A STRANGER AMIDST THE MORNING DEWS.
shuts
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From this reading All through the night Mona scarcely shuts her eyes, so full is her mind of troubled and perplexing thoughts.
shutter
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From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
silently
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From this reading At last her brain grows so tired that she cannot pursue any subject to its end, so she lies silently awake, watching for the coming of the tardy dawn.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading All through the night Mona scarcely shuts her eyes, so full is her mind of troubled and perplexing thoughts.
soon
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From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
steps
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From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
STRANGER
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subject
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From this reading At last her brain grows so tired that she cannot pursue any subject to its end, so she lies silently awake, watching for the coming of the tardy dawn.
tardy
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From this reading At last her brain grows so tired that she cannot pursue any subject to its end, so she lies silently awake, watching for the coming of the tardy dawn.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At last her brain grows so tired that she cannot pursue any subject to its end, so she lies silently awake, watching for the coming of the tardy dawn.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW MONA RISES BETIMES--AND HOW SHE ENCOUNTERS A STRANGER AMIDST THE MORNING DEWS.
thoughts
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From this reading All through the night Mona scarcely shuts her eyes, so full is her mind of troubled and perplexing thoughts.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading All through the night Mona scarcely shuts her eyes, so full is her mind of troubled and perplexing thoughts.
tired
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From this reading At last her brain grows so tired that she cannot pursue any subject to its end, so she lies silently awake, watching for the coming of the tardy dawn.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At last her brain grows so tired that she cannot pursue any subject to its end, so she lies silently awake, watching for the coming of the tardy dawn.
troubled
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From this reading All through the night Mona scarcely shuts her eyes, so full is her mind of troubled and perplexing thoughts.
watching
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From this reading At last her brain grows so tired that she cannot pursue any subject to its end, so she lies silently awake, watching for the coming of the tardy dawn.
weary
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From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
wide
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From this reading "Brown night retires; young day pours in apace, And opens all a lawny prospect wide."
wishing
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From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,-- "Morning fair Comes forth with pilgrim steps in amice gray" and light breaks through shutter and curtain, and objects pale and ghostly at first soon grow large and intimate.
young
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From this reading "Brown night retires; young day pours in apace, And opens all a lawny prospect wide."
