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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 A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now clear, now resplendent she shines, and now through a tremulous mist shows her pure face, and again for a space is hidden, "As if her head she bow'd Stooping through a fleecy cloud."
all
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From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading How Monica's heart fails her; and how at last Hope (whose name is Brian) comes back to her through the quivering moonlight.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading How Monica's heart fails her; and how at last Hope (whose name is Brian) comes back to her through the quivering moonlight.
back
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From this reading How Monica's heart fails her; and how at last Hope (whose name is Brian) comes back to her through the quivering moonlight.
beauty
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From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
bed
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From this reading Miss Priscilla, with a sense of now-found dignity upon her, has gone early to bed.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
bow'd
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From this reading Now clear, now resplendent she shines, and now through a tremulous mist shows her pure face, and again for a space is hidden, "As if her head she bow'd Stooping through a fleecy cloud."
Brian
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From this reading How Monica's heart fails her; and how at last Hope (whose name is Brian) comes back to her through the quivering moonlight.
clear
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From this reading Now clear, now resplendent she shines, and now through a tremulous mist shows her pure face, and again for a space is hidden, "As if her head she bow'd Stooping through a fleecy cloud."
cloud
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From this reading Now clear, now resplendent she shines, and now through a tremulous mist shows her pure face, and again for a space is hidden, "As if her head she bow'd Stooping through a fleecy cloud."
comes
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From this reading How Monica's heart fails her; and how at last Hope (whose name is Brian) comes back to her through the quivering moonlight.
conscious
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From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
day
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From this reading And now night has fallen at last upon this long day.
dignity
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From this reading Miss Priscilla, with a sense of now-found dignity upon her, has gone early to bed.
early
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From this reading Miss Priscilla, with a sense of now-found dignity upon her, has gone early to bed.
earth
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From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
elms
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From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
face
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From this reading Now clear, now resplendent she shines, and now through a tremulous mist shows her pure face, and again for a space is hidden, "As if her head she bow'd Stooping through a fleecy cloud."
fails
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From this reading How Monica's heart fails her; and how at last Hope (whose name is Brian) comes back to her through the quivering moonlight.
fallen
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From this reading And now night has fallen at last upon this long day.
fleecy
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From this reading Now clear, now resplendent she shines, and now through a tremulous mist shows her pure face, and again for a space is hidden, "As if her head she bow'd Stooping through a fleecy cloud."
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
gentle
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From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
glorious
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From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
gone
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From this reading Miss Priscilla, with a sense of now-found dignity upon her, has gone early to bed.
grandeur
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From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And now night has fallen at last upon this long day.
head
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From this reading Now clear, now resplendent she shines, and now through a tremulous mist shows her pure face, and again for a space is hidden, "As if her head she bow'd Stooping through a fleecy cloud."
heart
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From this reading How Monica's heart fails her; and how at last Hope (whose name is Brian) comes back to her through the quivering moonlight.
heaven's
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From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading How Monica's heart fails her; and how at last Hope (whose name is Brian) comes back to her through the quivering moonlight.
hidden
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From this reading Now clear, now resplendent she shines, and now through a tremulous mist shows her pure face, and again for a space is hidden, "As if her head she bow'd Stooping through a fleecy cloud."
Hope
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From this reading How Monica's heart fails her; and how at last Hope (whose name is Brian) comes back to her through the quivering moonlight.
How
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From this reading How Monica's heart fails her; and how at last Hope (whose name is Brian) comes back to her through the quivering moonlight.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Now clear, now resplendent she shines, and now through a tremulous mist shows her pure face, and again for a space is hidden, "As if her head she bow'd Stooping through a fleecy cloud."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading How Monica's heart fails her; and how at last Hope (whose name is Brian) comes back to her through the quivering moonlight.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How Monica's heart fails her; and how at last Hope (whose name is Brian) comes back to her through the quivering moonlight.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And now night has fallen at last upon this long day.
Miss
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From this reading Miss Priscilla, with a sense of now-found dignity upon her, has gone early to bed.
mist
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From this reading Now clear, now resplendent she shines, and now through a tremulous mist shows her pure face, and again for a space is hidden, "As if her head she bow'd Stooping through a fleecy cloud."
Monica's
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From this reading How Monica's heart fails her; and how at last Hope (whose name is Brian) comes back to her through the quivering moonlight.
moon
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From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
moonlight
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From this reading How Monica's heart fails her; and how at last Hope (whose name is Brian) comes back to her through the quivering moonlight.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How Monica's heart fails her; and how at last Hope (whose name is Brian) comes back to her through the quivering moonlight.
night
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From this reading And now night has fallen at last upon this long day.
now
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From this reading And now night has fallen at last upon this long day.
now-found
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From this reading Miss Priscilla, with a sense of now-found dignity upon her, has gone early to bed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
pathless
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From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
Priscilla
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From this reading Miss Priscilla, with a sense of now-found dignity upon her, has gone early to bed.
pure
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From this reading Now clear, now resplendent she shines, and now through a tremulous mist shows her pure face, and again for a space is hidden, "As if her head she bow'd Stooping through a fleecy cloud."
quivering
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From this reading How Monica's heart fails her; and how at last Hope (whose name is Brian) comes back to her through the quivering moonlight.
resplendent
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From this reading Now clear, now resplendent she shines, and now through a tremulous mist shows her pure face, and again for a space is hidden, "As if her head she bow'd Stooping through a fleecy cloud."
risen
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From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
sad
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From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
seething
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From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
sense
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From this reading Miss Priscilla, with a sense of now-found dignity upon her, has gone early to bed.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Now clear, now resplendent she shines, and now through a tremulous mist shows her pure face, and again for a space is hidden, "As if her head she bow'd Stooping through a fleecy cloud."
shines
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From this reading Now clear, now resplendent she shines, and now through a tremulous mist shows her pure face, and again for a space is hidden, "As if her head she bow'd Stooping through a fleecy cloud."
shivering
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From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
shows
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From this reading Now clear, now resplendent she shines, and now through a tremulous mist shows her pure face, and again for a space is hidden, "As if her head she bow'd Stooping through a fleecy cloud."
sorrows
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From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
space
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From this reading Now clear, now resplendent she shines, and now through a tremulous mist shows her pure face, and again for a space is hidden, "As if her head she bow'd Stooping through a fleecy cloud."
stands
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From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
Stooping
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From this reading Now clear, now resplendent she shines, and now through a tremulous mist shows her pure face, and again for a space is hidden, "As if her head she bow'd Stooping through a fleecy cloud."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading How Monica's heart fails her; and how at last Hope (whose name is Brian) comes back to her through the quivering moonlight.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And now night has fallen at last upon this long day.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading How Monica's heart fails her; and how at last Hope (whose name is Brian) comes back to her through the quivering moonlight.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading How Monica's heart fails her; and how at last Hope (whose name is Brian) comes back to her through the quivering moonlight.
tremulous
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From this reading Now clear, now resplendent she shines, and now through a tremulous mist shows her pure face, and again for a space is hidden, "As if her head she bow'd Stooping through a fleecy cloud."
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading And now night has fallen at last upon this long day.
way
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From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading How Monica's heart fails her; and how at last Hope (whose name is Brian) comes back to her through the quivering moonlight.
wide
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From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Miss Priscilla, with a sense of now-found dignity upon her, has gone early to bed.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading A gentle wind is shivering through the elms; a glorious moon has risen in all its beauty, and stands in "heaven's wide, pathless way," as though conscious of its grandeur, yet sad for the sorrows of the seething earth beneath.
