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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 Every now and then came the sound of the splash of oars from the river; more rarely still, the murmur of light voices as a punt passed up the stream.
AboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Above, the sky was an arc of the deepest blue through which the web of stars had scarcely yet found its way.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The little party at The Sanctuary sat over their coffee and liqueurs long after the fall of the first twilight, till the points of their cigarettes glowed like little specks of fire through the enveloping darkness.
amongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Above, the sky was an arc of the deepest blue through which the web of stars had scarcely yet found its way.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
arc
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From this reading Above, the sky was an arc of the deepest blue through which the web of stars had scarcely yet found its way.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Every now and then came the sound of the splash of oars from the river; more rarely still, the murmur of light voices as a punt passed up the stream.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The little party at The Sanctuary sat over their coffee and liqueurs long after the fall of the first twilight, till the points of their cigarettes glowed like little specks of fire through the enveloping darkness.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The dinner-table had been set out of doors, underneath the odorous cedar-tree.
blue
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From this reading Above, the sky was an arc of the deepest blue through which the web of stars had scarcely yet found its way.
breeze
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From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
came
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From this reading Every now and then came the sound of the splash of oars from the river; more rarely still, the murmur of light voices as a punt passed up the stream.
carry
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From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
cedar-tree
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From this reading The dinner-table had been set out of doors, underneath the odorous cedar-tree.
cigarettes
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From this reading The little party at The Sanctuary sat over their coffee and liqueurs long after the fall of the first twilight, till the points of their cigarettes glowed like little specks of fire through the enveloping darkness.
coffee
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From this reading The little party at The Sanctuary sat over their coffee and liqueurs long after the fall of the first twilight, till the points of their cigarettes glowed like little specks of fire through the enveloping darkness.
darkness
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From this reading The little party at The Sanctuary sat over their coffee and liqueurs long after the fall of the first twilight, till the points of their cigarettes glowed like little specks of fire through the enveloping darkness.
deepest
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From this reading Above, the sky was an arc of the deepest blue through which the web of stars had scarcely yet found its way.
dinner-table
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From this reading The dinner-table had been set out of doors, underneath the odorous cedar-tree.
doors
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From this reading The dinner-table had been set out of doors, underneath the odorous cedar-tree.
enveloping
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From this reading The little party at The Sanctuary sat over their coffee and liqueurs long after the fall of the first twilight, till the points of their cigarettes glowed like little specks of fire through the enveloping darkness.
evenings
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From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every now and then came the sound of the splash of oars from the river; more rarely still, the murmur of light voices as a punt passed up the stream.
faintly
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From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
fall
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From this reading The little party at The Sanctuary sat over their coffee and liqueurs long after the fall of the first twilight, till the points of their cigarettes glowed like little specks of fire through the enveloping darkness.
faultless
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From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
fire
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From this reading The little party at The Sanctuary sat over their coffee and liqueurs long after the fall of the first twilight, till the points of their cigarettes glowed like little specks of fire through the enveloping darkness.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little party at The Sanctuary sat over their coffee and liqueurs long after the fall of the first twilight, till the points of their cigarettes glowed like little specks of fire through the enveloping darkness.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Above, the sky was an arc of the deepest blue through which the web of stars had scarcely yet found its way.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
garden
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From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
glowed
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From this reading The little party at The Sanctuary sat over their coffee and liqueurs long after the fall of the first twilight, till the points of their cigarettes glowed like little specks of fire through the enveloping darkness.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The dinner-table had been set out of doors, underneath the odorous cedar-tree.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Above, the sky was an arc of the deepest blue through which the web of stars had scarcely yet found its way.
June
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From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
leaves
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From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
light
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From this reading Every now and then came the sound of the splash of oars from the river; more rarely still, the murmur of light voices as a punt passed up the stream.
lightest
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From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
like
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From this reading The little party at The Sanctuary sat over their coffee and liqueurs long after the fall of the first twilight, till the points of their cigarettes glowed like little specks of fire through the enveloping darkness.
liqueurs
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From this reading The little party at The Sanctuary sat over their coffee and liqueurs long after the fall of the first twilight, till the points of their cigarettes glowed like little specks of fire through the enveloping darkness.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little party at The Sanctuary sat over their coffee and liqueurs long after the fall of the first twilight, till the points of their cigarettes glowed like little specks of fire through the enveloping darkness.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little party at The Sanctuary sat over their coffee and liqueurs long after the fall of the first twilight, till the points of their cigarettes glowed like little specks of fire through the enveloping darkness.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
mission
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From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
more
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From this reading Every now and then came the sound of the splash of oars from the river; more rarely still, the murmur of light voices as a punt passed up the stream.
murmur
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From this reading Every now and then came the sound of the splash of oars from the river; more rarely still, the murmur of light voices as a punt passed up the stream.
music
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From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
now
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From this reading Every now and then came the sound of the splash of oars from the river; more rarely still, the murmur of light voices as a punt passed up the stream.
oars
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From this reading Every now and then came the sound of the splash of oars from the river; more rarely still, the murmur of light voices as a punt passed up the stream.
odorous
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From this reading The dinner-table had been set out of doors, underneath the odorous cedar-tree.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
only
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From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
out
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From this reading The dinner-table had been set out of doors, underneath the odorous cedar-tree.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The little party at The Sanctuary sat over their coffee and liqueurs long after the fall of the first twilight, till the points of their cigarettes glowed like little specks of fire through the enveloping darkness.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little party at The Sanctuary sat over their coffee and liqueurs long after the fall of the first twilight, till the points of their cigarettes glowed like little specks of fire through the enveloping darkness.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Every now and then came the sound of the splash of oars from the river; more rarely still, the murmur of light voices as a punt passed up the stream.
perfumes
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From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
points
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From this reading The little party at The Sanctuary sat over their coffee and liqueurs long after the fall of the first twilight, till the points of their cigarettes glowed like little specks of fire through the enveloping darkness.
punt
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From this reading Every now and then came the sound of the splash of oars from the river; more rarely still, the murmur of light voices as a punt passed up the stream.
rarely
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From this reading Every now and then came the sound of the splash of oars from the river; more rarely still, the murmur of light voices as a punt passed up the stream.
river
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From this reading Every now and then came the sound of the splash of oars from the river; more rarely still, the murmur of light voices as a punt passed up the stream.
rustling
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From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
SanctuarynounUS /ˈsæŋk.tʃu.er.i/
A place of safety, refuge, or holy retreat within the academy.
From this reading The little party at The Sanctuary sat over their coffee and liqueurs long after the fall of the first twilight, till the points of their cigarettes glowed like little specks of fire through the enveloping darkness.
sat
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From this reading The little party at The Sanctuary sat over their coffee and liqueurs long after the fall of the first twilight, till the points of their cigarettes glowed like little specks of fire through the enveloping darkness.
scarcely
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From this reading Above, the sky was an arc of the deepest blue through which the web of stars had scarcely yet found its way.
seems
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From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
set
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From this reading The dinner-table had been set out of doors, underneath the odorous cedar-tree.
sky
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From this reading Above, the sky was an arc of the deepest blue through which the web of stars had scarcely yet found its way.
sound
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From this reading Every now and then came the sound of the splash of oars from the river; more rarely still, the murmur of light voices as a punt passed up the stream.
specks
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From this reading The little party at The Sanctuary sat over their coffee and liqueurs long after the fall of the first twilight, till the points of their cigarettes glowed like little specks of fire through the enveloping darkness.
splash
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From this reading Every now and then came the sound of the splash of oars from the river; more rarely still, the murmur of light voices as a punt passed up the stream.
stars
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From this reading Above, the sky was an arc of the deepest blue through which the web of stars had scarcely yet found its way.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Every now and then came the sound of the splash of oars from the river; more rarely still, the murmur of light voices as a punt passed up the stream.
stirring
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From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
stream
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From this reading Every now and then came the sound of the splash of oars from the river; more rarely still, the murmur of light voices as a punt passed up the stream.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The little party at The Sanctuary sat over their coffee and liqueurs long after the fall of the first twilight, till the points of their cigarettes glowed like little specks of fire through the enveloping darkness.
then
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From this reading Every now and then came the sound of the splash of oars from the river; more rarely still, the murmur of light voices as a punt passed up the stream.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Above, the sky was an arc of the deepest blue through which the web of stars had scarcely yet found its way.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The little party at The Sanctuary sat over their coffee and liqueurs long after the fall of the first twilight, till the points of their cigarettes glowed like little specks of fire through the enveloping darkness.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
twilightnounUS /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/
the dim light before night or sunrise
From this reading The little party at The Sanctuary sat over their coffee and liqueurs long after the fall of the first twilight, till the points of their cigarettes glowed like little specks of fire through the enveloping darkness.
underneathprepositionUS /ˌʌndərˈniːθ/
directly under, often hidden by what is above
From this reading The dinner-table had been set out of doors, underneath the odorous cedar-tree.
up
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From this reading Every now and then came the sound of the splash of oars from the river; more rarely still, the murmur of light voices as a punt passed up the stream.
voices
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From this reading Every now and then came the sound of the splash of oars from the river; more rarely still, the murmur of light voices as a punt passed up the stream.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
way
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From this reading Above, the sky was an arc of the deepest blue through which the web of stars had scarcely yet found its way.
web
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From this reading Above, the sky was an arc of the deepest blue through which the web of stars had scarcely yet found its way.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was one of those faultless June evenings when the only mission of the faintly stirring breeze seems to be to carry perfumes from garden to garden and to make the lightest of music amongst the rustling leaves.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Above, the sky was an arc of the deepest blue through which the web of stars had scarcely yet found its way.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Above, the sky was an arc of the deepest blue through which the web of stars had scarcely yet found its way.
