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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 The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
abruptly
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From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
access
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From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
Alb
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From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
all
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From this reading Snow was still deep in the passes of the hills, and blocks of ice were breaking up on all the rivers.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
always
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From this reading She had always hoped whilst he lived that some revelation, some atonement, might come from him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The news of her father’s end at Monte Carlo had intensified the melancholy of her thoughts.
atonement
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From this reading She had always hoped whilst he lived that some revelation, some atonement, might come from him.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
black
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From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
blocks
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From this reading Snow was still deep in the passes of the hills, and blocks of ice were breaking up on all the rivers.
breaking
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From this reading Snow was still deep in the passes of the hills, and blocks of ice were breaking up on all the rivers.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
Carlo
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From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
choice
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From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
cleft
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From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
clouds
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From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had always hoped whilst he lived that some revelation, some atonement, might come from him.
day
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From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
days
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From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
deep
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From this reading Snow was still deep in the passes of the hills, and blocks of ice were breaking up on all the rivers.
enclosed
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From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
end
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From this reading The news of her father’s end at Monte Carlo had intensified the melancholy of her thoughts.
father's
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From this reading The news of her father’s end at Monte Carlo had intensified the melancholy of her thoughts.
fireside
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From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
fragrance
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From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She had always hoped whilst he lived that some revelation, some atonement, might come from him.
gave
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From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
gorge
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From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had always hoped whilst he lived that some revelation, some atonement, might come from him.
heavy
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From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
hills
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From this reading Snow was still deep in the passes of the hills, and blocks of ice were breaking up on all the rivers.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She had always hoped whilst he lived that some revelation, some atonement, might come from him.
home
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From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
hoped
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From this reading She had always hoped whilst he lived that some revelation, some atonement, might come from him.
ice
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From this reading Snow was still deep in the passes of the hills, and blocks of ice were breaking up on all the rivers.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
intensified
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From this reading The news of her father’s end at Monte Carlo had intensified the melancholy of her thoughts.
landscape
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From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
later
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From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
lived
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From this reading She had always hoped whilst he lived that some revelation, some atonement, might come from him.
Lynar
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From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
March
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From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
melancholy
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From this reading The news of her father’s end at Monte Carlo had intensified the melancholy of her thoughts.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading She had always hoped whilst he lived that some revelation, some atonement, might come from him.
Monte
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From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
narrow
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From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
news
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From this reading The news of her father’s end at Monte Carlo had intensified the melancholy of her thoughts.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
oak
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From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
Olga
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From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Snow was still deep in the passes of the hills, and blocks of ice were breaking up on all the rivers.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
passes
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From this reading Snow was still deep in the passes of the hills, and blocks of ice were breaking up on all the rivers.
pine-woods
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From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
revelation
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From this reading She had always hoped whilst he lived that some revelation, some atonement, might come from him.
rivers
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From this reading Snow was still deep in the passes of the hills, and blocks of ice were breaking up on all the rivers.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
seated
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From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had always hoped whilst he lived that some revelation, some atonement, might come from him.
sides
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From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
Snow
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From this reading Snow was still deep in the passes of the hills, and blocks of ice were breaking up on all the rivers.
some
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From this reading She had always hoped whilst he lived that some revelation, some atonement, might come from him.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Snow was still deep in the passes of the hills, and blocks of ice were breaking up on all the rivers.
storm
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From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
sunlight
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From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
Swabian
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From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She had always hoped whilst he lived that some revelation, some atonement, might come from him.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
thoughts
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From this reading The news of her father’s end at Monte Carlo had intensified the melancholy of her thoughts.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
Two
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From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
up
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From this reading Snow was still deep in the passes of the hills, and blocks of ice were breaking up on all the rivers.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Snow was still deep in the passes of the hills, and blocks of ice were breaking up on all the rivers.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
whilstconjunctionUS /waɪlst/
an old and formal word for “while”
From this reading She had always hoped whilst he lived that some revelation, some atonement, might come from him.
world
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From this reading The great oak and pine-woods were black against heavy storm clouds, and enclosed the landscape on all sides save one, where they were cleft abruptly by a narrow gorge, which alone gave access to the world beyond.
zu
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From this reading Two days later Olga zu Lynar was seated by her fireside in the home of her choice in the Swabian Alb, where the March day had none of the sunlight and fragrance of Monte Carlo.
