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The Dark Star
The Dark Star

Chapter XXXI

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JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.
For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.
And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.
From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.
Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.
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The Dark Star

Chapter XXXI

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.
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For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.
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And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.
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From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.
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Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Already noun US /already/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.”

Every determiner US /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading “From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.”

Folly noun US /ˈfɑːli/

an action or decision that shows a lack of good judgment

From this reading “And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.”

Still noun US /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.”

Thought noun US /thought/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.”

Under preposition US /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading “Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.”

All words in this reading · 82

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all

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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.

alreadynounUS /already/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.

AtprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.

away

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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.

bank

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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.

beauty

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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.

bewitching

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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.

breezes

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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.

brilliancy

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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.

capital

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From this reading From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.

challenge

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From this reading From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.

Circe

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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.

city's

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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.

consider

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From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.

counsel

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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.

dreaming

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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.

everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.

explained

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From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.

fairy

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From this reading From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.

follynounUS /ˈfɑːli/

an action or decision that shows a lack of good judgment

From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.

ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.

FromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.

haunting

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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.

hour

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From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.

invitation

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From this reading From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.

JARDIN

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From this reading JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.

jewelled

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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.

July

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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.

lamp

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From this reading From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.

late

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From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.

laughter

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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.

lay

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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.

Like

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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.

lustrous

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From this reading From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.

men

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From this reading JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.

menace

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From this reading From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.

midnight

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From this reading JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.

music

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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.

mystery

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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.

Neeland

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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.

new

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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.

night

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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.

now

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From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.

Paris

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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.

parted

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From this reading JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.

parting

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From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.

past

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From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.

perspectives

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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.

pondering

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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.

river

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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.

RUSSE

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From this reading JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.

Sengoun

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From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.

signalled

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From this reading From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.

soft

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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.

some

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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.

sorceress

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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.

spells

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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.

stars

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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.

stillnounUS /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.

stretching

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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.

thoughtnounUS /thought/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.

too

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From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.

two

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From this reading JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.

underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.

unexplored

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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.

yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.

young

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From this reading JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.

youth

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From this reading From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.