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175
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From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
180
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From this reading _Ottima._ Ah--my sign was, the sun Inflamed the sear side of yon chestnut-tree 180 Nipped by the first frost.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
Ah
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From this reading _Ottima._ Ah--my sign was, the sun Inflamed the sear side of yon chestnut-tree 180 Nipped by the first frost.
always
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From this reading _Sebald._ You would always laugh At my wet boots: I had to stride through grass Over my ankles.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
ankles
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From this reading _Sebald._ You would always laugh At my wet boots: I had to stride through grass Over my ankles.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _Sebald._ You would always laugh At my wet boots: I had to stride through grass Over my ankles.
athirst
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From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
Back
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From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
boots
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From this reading _Sebald._ You would always laugh At my wet boots: I had to stride through grass Over my ankles.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _Ottima._ Ah--my sign was, the sun Inflamed the sear side of yon chestnut-tree 180 Nipped by the first frost.
chestnut-tree
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From this reading _Ottima._ Ah--my sign was, the sun Inflamed the sear side of yon chestnut-tree 180 Nipped by the first frost.
crowning
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From this reading _Ottima._ Then our crowning night!
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
face
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From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
far
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From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
fire
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From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Ottima._ Ah--my sign was, the sun Inflamed the sear side of yon chestnut-tree 180 Nipped by the first frost.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
frost
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From this reading _Ottima._ Ah--my sign was, the sun Inflamed the sear side of yon chestnut-tree 180 Nipped by the first frost.
full
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From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
glazed
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From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
grass
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From this reading _Sebald._ You would always laugh At my wet boots: I had to stride through grass Over my ankles.
grow
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From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _Sebald._ You would always laugh At my wet boots: I had to stride through grass Over my ankles.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
haze
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From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
hitheradverbUS /ˈhɪðər/
an old word meaning “to this place”
From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
Inflamed
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From this reading _Ottima._ Ah--my sign was, the sun Inflamed the sear side of yon chestnut-tree 180 Nipped by the first frost.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
laugh
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From this reading _Sebald._ You would always laugh At my wet boots: I had to stride through grass Over my ankles.
LestconjunctionUS /lest/
in order that something should not happen
From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
Made
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From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
mornings
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From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
neath
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From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
night
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From this reading _Ottima._ Then our crowning night!
Nipped
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From this reading _Ottima._ Ah--my sign was, the sun Inflamed the sear side of yon chestnut-tree 180 Nipped by the first frost.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
Ottima
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From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading _Ottima._ Then our crowning night!
OverprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading _Sebald._ You would always laugh At my wet boots: I had to stride through grass Over my ankles.
put
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From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
receive
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From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
red
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From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
sear
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From this reading _Ottima._ Ah--my sign was, the sun Inflamed the sear side of yon chestnut-tree 180 Nipped by the first frost.
Sebald
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From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
shrub-house
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From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
side
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From this reading _Ottima._ Ah--my sign was, the sun Inflamed the sear side of yon chestnut-tree 180 Nipped by the first frost.
sign
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From this reading _Ottima._ Ah--my sign was, the sun Inflamed the sear side of yon chestnut-tree 180 Nipped by the first frost.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
soul
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From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
spread
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From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
steal
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From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
stride
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From this reading _Sebald._ You would always laugh At my wet boots: I had to stride through grass Over my ankles.
sun
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From this reading _Ottima._ Ah--my sign was, the sun Inflamed the sear side of yon chestnut-tree 180 Nipped by the first frost.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
Then
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From this reading _Ottima._ Then our crowning night!
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _Sebald._ You would always laugh At my wet boots: I had to stride through grass Over my ankles.
TillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
too
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From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
up
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From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
used
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From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
ventured
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From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Ottima._ Ah--my sign was, the sun Inflamed the sear side of yon chestnut-tree 180 Nipped by the first frost.
wet
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From this reading _Sebald._ You would always laugh At my wet boots: I had to stride through grass Over my ankles.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
whole
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From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
windows
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From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading _Sebald._ You would always laugh At my wet boots: I had to stride through grass Over my ankles.
yellow
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From this reading _Ottima._ And when I ventured to receive you here, 175 Made you steal hither in the mornings-- _Sebald._ When I used to look up 'neath the shrub-house here, Till the red fire on its glazed windows spread To a yellow haze?
yon
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From this reading _Ottima._ Ah--my sign was, the sun Inflamed the sear side of yon chestnut-tree 180 Nipped by the first frost.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Sebald._ And I drew Back; put far back your face with both my hands Lest you should grow too full of me--your face So seemed athirst for my whole soul and body!
