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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 The bed in its alcove was watched over by the angel of sleep; a statue in silver, modelled by modern artists from a design of Canova's.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
alcove
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From this reading The bed in its alcove was watched over by the angel of sleep; a statue in silver, modelled by modern artists from a design of Canova's.
all
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From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She whom she sought was alone in her apartments within.
Amyôt
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From this reading The portrait of her children in the rose gardens of Amyôt, painted by Caband, stood on an easel draped with some cloth of silver of the fifteenth century.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The portrait of her children in the rose gardens of Amyôt, painted by Caband, stood on an easel draped with some cloth of silver of the fifteenth century.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
angel
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From this reading The bed in its alcove was watched over by the angel of sleep; a statue in silver, modelled by modern artists from a design of Canova's.
apartments
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From this reading She whom she sought was alone in her apartments within.
artificers
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From this reading White lilac and white jessamine filled large silver bowls of Indian artificers' work.
artists
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From this reading The bed in its alcove was watched over by the angel of sleep; a statue in silver, modelled by modern artists from a design of Canova's.
bed
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From this reading The bed in its alcove was watched over by the angel of sleep; a statue in silver, modelled by modern artists from a design of Canova's.
bed-chamber
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From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
bowls
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From this reading White lilac and white jessamine filled large silver bowls of Indian artificers' work.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
Caband
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From this reading The portrait of her children in the rose gardens of Amyôt, painted by Caband, stood on an easel draped with some cloth of silver of the fifteenth century.
Canova's
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From this reading The bed in its alcove was watched over by the angel of sleep; a statue in silver, modelled by modern artists from a design of Canova's.
century
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From this reading The portrait of her children in the rose gardens of Amyôt, painted by Caband, stood on an easel draped with some cloth of silver of the fifteenth century.
children
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From this reading The portrait of her children in the rose gardens of Amyôt, painted by Caband, stood on an easel draped with some cloth of silver of the fifteenth century.
cloth
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From this reading The portrait of her children in the rose gardens of Amyôt, painted by Caband, stood on an easel draped with some cloth of silver of the fifteenth century.
coloursnounUS /ˈcolours/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
design
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From this reading The bed in its alcove was watched over by the angel of sleep; a statue in silver, modelled by modern artists from a design of Canova's.
draped
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From this reading The portrait of her children in the rose gardens of Amyôt, painted by Caband, stood on an easel draped with some cloth of silver of the fifteenth century.
drive
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From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
easel
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From this reading The portrait of her children in the rose gardens of Amyôt, painted by Caband, stood on an easel draped with some cloth of silver of the fifteenth century.
embroidered
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From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
fifteenth
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From this reading The portrait of her children in the rose gardens of Amyôt, painted by Caband, stood on an easel draped with some cloth of silver of the fifteenth century.
filled
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From this reading White lilac and white jessamine filled large silver bowls of Indian artificers' work.
flowers
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From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The bed in its alcove was watched over by the angel of sleep; a statue in silver, modelled by modern artists from a design of Canova's.
furniture
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From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
gardens
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From this reading The portrait of her children in the rose gardens of Amyôt, painted by Caband, stood on an easel draped with some cloth of silver of the fifteenth century.
hangings
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From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She whom she sought was alone in her apartments within.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She whom she sought was alone in her apartments within.
Indian
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From this reading White lilac and white jessamine filled large silver bowls of Indian artificers' work.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The bed in its alcove was watched over by the angel of sleep; a statue in silver, modelled by modern artists from a design of Canova's.
ivory
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From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
jessamine
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From this reading White lilac and white jessamine filled large silver bowls of Indian artificers' work.
lamps
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From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
large
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From this reading White lilac and white jessamine filled large silver bowls of Indian artificers' work.
lighted
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From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
lilac
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From this reading White lilac and white jessamine filled large silver bowls of Indian artificers' work.
modelled
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From this reading The bed in its alcove was watched over by the angel of sleep; a statue in silver, modelled by modern artists from a design of Canova's.
modern
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From this reading The bed in its alcove was watched over by the angel of sleep; a statue in silver, modelled by modern artists from a design of Canova's.
natural
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From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The portrait of her children in the rose gardens of Amyôt, painted by Caband, stood on an easel draped with some cloth of silver of the fifteenth century.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The bed in its alcove was watched over by the angel of sleep; a statue in silver, modelled by modern artists from a design of Canova's.
painted
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From this reading The portrait of her children in the rose gardens of Amyôt, painted by Caband, stood on an easel draped with some cloth of silver of the fifteenth century.
plush
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From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
portrait
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From this reading The portrait of her children in the rose gardens of Amyôt, painted by Caband, stood on an easel draped with some cloth of silver of the fifteenth century.
restingnounUS /ˈresting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
rose
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From this reading The portrait of her children in the rose gardens of Amyôt, painted by Caband, stood on an easel draped with some cloth of silver of the fifteenth century.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She whom she sought was alone in her apartments within.
silks
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From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
silver
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From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
sleep
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From this reading The bed in its alcove was watched over by the angel of sleep; a statue in silver, modelled by modern artists from a design of Canova's.
some
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From this reading The portrait of her children in the rose gardens of Amyôt, painted by Caband, stood on an easel draped with some cloth of silver of the fifteenth century.
sought
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From this reading She whom she sought was alone in her apartments within.
spring
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From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
statue
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From this reading The bed in its alcove was watched over by the angel of sleep; a statue in silver, modelled by modern artists from a design of Canova's.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The portrait of her children in the rose gardens of Amyôt, painted by Caband, stood on an easel draped with some cloth of silver of the fifteenth century.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She whom she sought was alone in her apartments within.
watched
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From this reading The bed in its alcove was watched over by the angel of sleep; a statue in silver, modelled by modern artists from a design of Canova's.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
white
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From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She whom she sought was alone in her apartments within.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was resting, after her drive, in her bed-chamber, which was lighted by silver lamps, and of which the furniture was all of ivory and silver, with hangings of white plush embroidered with spring flowers in silks of their natural colours.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading She whom she sought was alone in her apartments within.
work
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From this reading White lilac and white jessamine filled large silver bowls of Indian artificers' work.
