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aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I told her one evening--the only one on which we two had dined out together alone.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An early summer, with its long still evenings, had driven us out of doors.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
avoided
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From this reading I think that the weather had tempted me to this indulgence, which I had up to now so carefully avoided.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
beautiful
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From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
breezes
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From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
carefully
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From this reading I think that the weather had tempted me to this indulgence, which I had up to now so carefully avoided.
carved
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From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
ceiling
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From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
dined
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From this reading I told her one evening--the only one on which we two had dined out together alone.
doors
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From this reading An early summer, with its long still evenings, had driven us out of doors.
driven
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From this reading An early summer, with its long still evenings, had driven us out of doors.
early
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From this reading An early summer, with its long still evenings, had driven us out of doors.
evening
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evenings
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From this reading An early summer, with its long still evenings, had driven us out of doors.
faintest
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From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
fashionable
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From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I told her one evening--the only one on which we two had dined out together alone.
heads
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From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I told her one evening--the only one on which we two had dined out together alone.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I told her one evening--the only one on which we two had dined out together alone.
indulgence
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From this reading I think that the weather had tempted me to this indulgence, which I had up to now so carefully avoided.
Isobel
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From this reading Isobel knew the whole truth.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading An early summer, with its long still evenings, had driven us out of doors.
knew
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From this reading Isobel knew the whole truth.
leaves
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From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An early summer, with its long still evenings, had driven us out of doors.
made
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From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I think that the weather had tempted me to this indulgence, which I had up to now so carefully avoided.
more
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From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
music
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From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
now
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From this reading I think that the weather had tempted me to this indulgence, which I had up to now so carefully avoided.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading An early summer, with its long still evenings, had driven us out of doors.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I told her one evening--the only one on which we two had dined out together alone.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I told her one evening--the only one on which we two had dined out together alone.
only
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From this reading I told her one evening--the only one on which we two had dined out together alone.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
out
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From this reading I told her one evening--the only one on which we two had dined out together alone.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
restaurants
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From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
rustled
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From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
sky
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From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I think that the weather had tempted me to this indulgence, which I had up to now so carefully avoided.
star-strewn
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From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An early summer, with its long still evenings, had driven us out of doors.
stirred
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From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
summer
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From this reading An early summer, with its long still evenings, had driven us out of doors.
sweeter
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From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
tempted
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From this reading I think that the weather had tempted me to this indulgence, which I had up to now so carefully avoided.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I think that the weather had tempted me to this indulgence, which I had up to now so carefully avoided.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Isobel knew the whole truth.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think that the weather had tempted me to this indulgence, which I had up to now so carefully avoided.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I think that the weather had tempted me to this indulgence, which I had up to now so carefully avoided.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I think that the weather had tempted me to this indulgence, which I had up to now so carefully avoided.
together
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From this reading I told her one evening--the only one on which we two had dined out together alone.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I told her one evening--the only one on which we two had dined out together alone.
truth
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From this reading Isobel knew the whole truth.
two
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From this reading I told her one evening--the only one on which we two had dined out together alone.
up
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From this reading I think that the weather had tempted me to this indulgence, which I had up to now so carefully avoided.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading An early summer, with its long still evenings, had driven us out of doors.
violins
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From this reading The leaves which rustled over our heads, stirred by the faintest of evening breezes, made sweeter music for us than the violins of the more fashionable restaurants, and no carved ceiling could be so beautiful as the star-strewn sky above.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I told her one evening--the only one on which we two had dined out together alone.
weather
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From this reading I think that the weather had tempted me to this indulgence, which I had up to now so carefully avoided.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I told her one evening--the only one on which we two had dined out together alone.
whole
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From this reading Isobel knew the whole truth.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading An early summer, with its long still evenings, had driven us out of doors.
