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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 They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Roderick declared that he would go nowhere else; that, after the Juno, it was a profanation to look at anything but sky and trees.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then they had wandered out into the gardens, and were lounging away the morning under the spell of their magical picturesqueness.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Roderick declared that he would go nowhere else; that, after the Juno, it was a profanation to look at anything but sky and trees.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Roderick declared that he would go nowhere else; that, after the Juno, it was a profanation to look at anything but sky and trees.
autumn
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From this reading One warm, still day, late in the Roman autumn, our two young men were sitting beneath one of the high-stemmed pines of the Villa Ludovisi.
away
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From this reading Then they had wandered out into the gardens, and were lounging away the morning under the spell of their magical picturesqueness.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading One warm, still day, late in the Roman autumn, our two young men were sitting beneath one of the high-stemmed pines of the Villa Ludovisi.
blank
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From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Roderick declared that he would go nowhere else; that, after the Juno, it was a profanation to look at anything but sky and trees.
colossal
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From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
corner
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From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
day
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From this reading One warm, still day, late in the Roman autumn, our two young men were sitting beneath one of the high-stemmed pines of the Villa Ludovisi.
declared
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From this reading Roderick declared that he would go nowhere else; that, after the Juno, it was a profanation to look at anything but sky and trees.
dusky
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From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
dutifully
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From this reading There was a fresco of Guercino, to which Rowland, though he had seen it on his former visit to Rome, went dutifully to pay his respects.
else
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From this reading Roderick declared that he would go nowhere else; that, after the Juno, it was a profanation to look at anything but sky and trees.
eyes
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From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
famous
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From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
former
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From this reading There was a fresco of Guercino, to which Rowland, though he had seen it on his former visit to Rome, went dutifully to pay his respects.
fresco
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From this reading There was a fresco of Guercino, to which Rowland, though he had seen it on his former visit to Rome, went dutifully to pay his respects.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
garden-house
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From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
gardens
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From this reading Then they had wandered out into the gardens, and were lounging away the morning under the spell of their magical picturesqueness.
go
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From this reading Roderick declared that he would go nowhere else; that, after the Juno, it was a profanation to look at anything but sky and trees.
Guercino
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From this reading There was a fresco of Guercino, to which Rowland, though he had seen it on his former visit to Rome, went dutifully to pay his respects.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Roderick declared that he would go nowhere else; that, after the Juno, it was a profanation to look at anything but sky and trees.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
high-stemmed
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From this reading One warm, still day, late in the Roman autumn, our two young men were sitting beneath one of the high-stemmed pines of the Villa Ludovisi.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There was a fresco of Guercino, to which Rowland, though he had seen it on his former visit to Rome, went dutifully to pay his respects.
hour
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From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading One warm, still day, late in the Roman autumn, our two young men were sitting beneath one of the high-stemmed pines of the Villa Ludovisi.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Then they had wandered out into the gardens, and were lounging away the morning under the spell of their magical picturesqueness.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Roderick declared that he would go nowhere else; that, after the Juno, it was a profanation to look at anything but sky and trees.
Juno
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From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
lapse
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From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
late
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From this reading One warm, still day, late in the Roman autumn, our two young men were sitting beneath one of the high-stemmed pines of the Villa Ludovisi.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Roderick declared that he would go nowhere else; that, after the Juno, it was a profanation to look at anything but sky and trees.
looks
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From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
lounging
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From this reading Then they had wandered out into the gardens, and were lounging away the morning under the spell of their magical picturesqueness.
Ludovisi
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From this reading One warm, still day, late in the Roman autumn, our two young men were sitting beneath one of the high-stemmed pines of the Villa Ludovisi.
magical
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From this reading Then they had wandered out into the gardens, and were lounging away the morning under the spell of their magical picturesqueness.
mask
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From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
men
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From this reading One warm, still day, late in the Roman autumn, our two young men were sitting beneath one of the high-stemmed pines of the Villa Ludovisi.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then they had wandered out into the gardens, and were lounging away the morning under the spell of their magical picturesqueness.
mouldy
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From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
nowhere
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From this reading Roderick declared that he would go nowhere else; that, after the Juno, it was a profanation to look at anything but sky and trees.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One warm, still day, late in the Roman autumn, our two young men were sitting beneath one of the high-stemmed pines of the Villa Ludovisi.
Olympus
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From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was a fresco of Guercino, to which Rowland, though he had seen it on his former visit to Rome, went dutifully to pay his respects.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One warm, still day, late in the Roman autumn, our two young men were sitting beneath one of the high-stemmed pines of the Villa Ludovisi.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading One warm, still day, late in the Roman autumn, our two young men were sitting beneath one of the high-stemmed pines of the Villa Ludovisi.
out
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From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
pay
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From this reading There was a fresco of Guercino, to which Rowland, though he had seen it on his former visit to Rome, went dutifully to pay his respects.
picturesqueness
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From this reading Then they had wandered out into the gardens, and were lounging away the morning under the spell of their magical picturesqueness.
pines
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From this reading One warm, still day, late in the Roman autumn, our two young men were sitting beneath one of the high-stemmed pines of the Villa Ludovisi.
possible
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From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
profanation
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From this reading Roderick declared that he would go nowhere else; that, after the Juno, it was a profanation to look at anything but sky and trees.
respects
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From this reading There was a fresco of Guercino, to which Rowland, though he had seen it on his former visit to Rome, went dutifully to pay his respects.
Roderick
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From this reading Roderick declared that he would go nowhere else; that, after the Juno, it was a profanation to look at anything but sky and trees.
Roman
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From this reading One warm, still day, late in the Roman autumn, our two young men were sitting beneath one of the high-stemmed pines of the Villa Ludovisi.
Rome
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From this reading There was a fresco of Guercino, to which Rowland, though he had seen it on his former visit to Rome, went dutifully to pay his respects.
Rowland
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From this reading There was a fresco of Guercino, to which Rowland, though he had seen it on his former visit to Rome, went dutifully to pay his respects.
seem
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From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
seen
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From this reading There was a fresco of Guercino, to which Rowland, though he had seen it on his former visit to Rome, went dutifully to pay his respects.
sitting
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From this reading One warm, still day, late in the Roman autumn, our two young men were sitting beneath one of the high-stemmed pines of the Villa Ludovisi.
sky
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From this reading Roderick declared that he would go nowhere else; that, after the Juno, it was a profanation to look at anything but sky and trees.
spell
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From this reading Then they had wandered out into the gardens, and were lounging away the morning under the spell of their magical picturesqueness.
spendingnounUS /ˈspending/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
stage
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From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One warm, still day, late in the Roman autumn, our two young men were sitting beneath one of the high-stemmed pines of the Villa Ludovisi.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One warm, still day, late in the Roman autumn, our two young men were sitting beneath one of the high-stemmed pines of the Villa Ludovisi.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Then they had wandered out into the gardens, and were lounging away the morning under the spell of their magical picturesqueness.
Then
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From this reading Then they had wandered out into the gardens, and were lounging away the morning under the spell of their magical picturesqueness.
There
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From this reading There was a fresco of Guercino, to which Rowland, though he had seen it on his former visit to Rome, went dutifully to pay his respects.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading There was a fresco of Guercino, to which Rowland, though he had seen it on his former visit to Rome, went dutifully to pay his respects.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
trees
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From this reading Roderick declared that he would go nowhere else; that, after the Juno, it was a profanation to look at anything but sky and trees.
two
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From this reading One warm, still day, late in the Roman autumn, our two young men were sitting beneath one of the high-stemmed pines of the Villa Ludovisi.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Then they had wandered out into the gardens, and were lounging away the morning under the spell of their magical picturesqueness.
Villa
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From this reading One warm, still day, late in the Roman autumn, our two young men were sitting beneath one of the high-stemmed pines of the Villa Ludovisi.
visit
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From this reading There was a fresco of Guercino, to which Rowland, though he had seen it on his former visit to Rome, went dutifully to pay his respects.
wandered
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From this reading Then they had wandered out into the gardens, and were lounging away the morning under the spell of their magical picturesqueness.
warm
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From this reading One warm, still day, late in the Roman autumn, our two young men were sitting beneath one of the high-stemmed pines of the Villa Ludovisi.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Roderick declared that he would go nowhere else; that, after the Juno, it was a profanation to look at anything but sky and trees.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a fresco of Guercino, to which Rowland, though he had seen it on his former visit to Rome, went dutifully to pay his respects.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading One warm, still day, late in the Roman autumn, our two young men were sitting beneath one of the high-stemmed pines of the Villa Ludovisi.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They had been spending an hour in the mouldy little garden-house, where the colossal mask of the famous Juno looks out with blank eyes from that dusky corner which must seem to her the last possible stage of a lapse from Olympus.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Roderick declared that he would go nowhere else; that, after the Juno, it was a profanation to look at anything but sky and trees.
young
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From this reading One warm, still day, late in the Roman autumn, our two young men were sitting beneath one of the high-stemmed pines of the Villa Ludovisi.
