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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 DESCRIBES A NIGHT-VIGIL The gusty wind had died down.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sound died away, therefore I relit my pipe, and mounting again into the driver's seat, sat back thinking--thinking mostly of Lola, and my ill-luck at having missed her.
alert
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From this reading In the silence of the night I listened to the receding noise of the motor-cycle as it swept down the hill into Cromer town, where I knew Rayner would be on the alert.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The sound died away, therefore I relit my pipe, and mounting again into the driver's seat, sat back thinking--thinking mostly of Lola, and my ill-luck at having missed her.
arose
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From this reading Before me, in the white glare of the lamps upon the road, where insects of the night, attracted by the radiance, were dancing to their deaths, there arose before me that sweet, perfect face, the face that had so attracted me.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In the silence of the night I listened to the receding noise of the motor-cycle as it swept down the hill into Cromer town, where I knew Rayner would be on the alert.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The sound died away, therefore I relit my pipe, and mounting again into the driver's seat, sat back thinking--thinking mostly of Lola, and my ill-luck at having missed her.
attracted
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From this reading Before me, in the white glare of the lamps upon the road, where insects of the night, attracted by the radiance, were dancing to their deaths, there arose before me that sweet, perfect face, the face that had so attracted me.
away
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From this reading The sound died away, therefore I relit my pipe, and mounting again into the driver's seat, sat back thinking--thinking mostly of Lola, and my ill-luck at having missed her.
back
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From this reading The sound died away, therefore I relit my pipe, and mounting again into the driver's seat, sat back thinking--thinking mostly of Lola, and my ill-luck at having missed her.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In the silence of the night I listened to the receding noise of the motor-cycle as it swept down the hill into Cromer town, where I knew Rayner would be on the alert.
BeforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before me, in the white glare of the lamps upon the road, where insects of the night, attracted by the radiance, were dancing to their deaths, there arose before me that sweet, perfect face, the face that had so attracted me.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Before me, in the white glare of the lamps upon the road, where insects of the night, attracted by the radiance, were dancing to their deaths, there arose before me that sweet, perfect face, the face that had so attracted me.
Cromer
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From this reading In the silence of the night I listened to the receding noise of the motor-cycle as it swept down the hill into Cromer town, where I knew Rayner would be on the alert.
dancing
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From this reading Before me, in the white glare of the lamps upon the road, where insects of the night, attracted by the radiance, were dancing to their deaths, there arose before me that sweet, perfect face, the face that had so attracted me.
deaths
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From this reading Before me, in the white glare of the lamps upon the road, where insects of the night, attracted by the radiance, were dancing to their deaths, there arose before me that sweet, perfect face, the face that had so attracted me.
DESCRIBES
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From this reading DESCRIBES A NIGHT-VIGIL The gusty wind had died down.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I saw her smile--smile at me, as she did when first we had met.
died
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From this reading DESCRIBES A NIGHT-VIGIL The gusty wind had died down.
down
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From this reading DESCRIBES A NIGHT-VIGIL The gusty wind had died down.
driver's
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From this reading The sound died away, therefore I relit my pipe, and mounting again into the driver's seat, sat back thinking--thinking mostly of Lola, and my ill-luck at having missed her.
face
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From this reading Before me, in the white glare of the lamps upon the road, where insects of the night, attracted by the radiance, were dancing to their deaths, there arose before me that sweet, perfect face, the face that had so attracted me.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I saw her smile--smile at me, as she did when first we had met.
glarenounUS /glare/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Before me, in the white glare of the lamps upon the road, where insects of the night, attracted by the radiance, were dancing to their deaths, there arose before me that sweet, perfect face, the face that had so attracted me.
gusty
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From this reading DESCRIBES A NIGHT-VIGIL The gusty wind had died down.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading DESCRIBES A NIGHT-VIGIL The gusty wind had died down.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading The sound died away, therefore I relit my pipe, and mounting again into the driver's seat, sat back thinking--thinking mostly of Lola, and my ill-luck at having missed her.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The sound died away, therefore I relit my pipe, and mounting again into the driver's seat, sat back thinking--thinking mostly of Lola, and my ill-luck at having missed her.
hill
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From this reading In the silence of the night I listened to the receding noise of the motor-cycle as it swept down the hill into Cromer town, where I knew Rayner would be on the alert.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In the silence of the night I listened to the receding noise of the motor-cycle as it swept down the hill into Cromer town, where I knew Rayner would be on the alert.
ill-luck
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From this reading The sound died away, therefore I relit my pipe, and mounting again into the driver's seat, sat back thinking--thinking mostly of Lola, and my ill-luck at having missed her.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the silence of the night I listened to the receding noise of the motor-cycle as it swept down the hill into Cromer town, where I knew Rayner would be on the alert.
insects
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From this reading Before me, in the white glare of the lamps upon the road, where insects of the night, attracted by the radiance, were dancing to their deaths, there arose before me that sweet, perfect face, the face that had so attracted me.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading In the silence of the night I listened to the receding noise of the motor-cycle as it swept down the hill into Cromer town, where I knew Rayner would be on the alert.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In the silence of the night I listened to the receding noise of the motor-cycle as it swept down the hill into Cromer town, where I knew Rayner would be on the alert.
knew
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From this reading In the silence of the night I listened to the receding noise of the motor-cycle as it swept down the hill into Cromer town, where I knew Rayner would be on the alert.
lamps
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From this reading Before me, in the white glare of the lamps upon the road, where insects of the night, attracted by the radiance, were dancing to their deaths, there arose before me that sweet, perfect face, the face that had so attracted me.
listened
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From this reading In the silence of the night I listened to the receding noise of the motor-cycle as it swept down the hill into Cromer town, where I knew Rayner would be on the alert.
Lola
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From this reading The sound died away, therefore I relit my pipe, and mounting again into the driver's seat, sat back thinking--thinking mostly of Lola, and my ill-luck at having missed her.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Before me, in the white glare of the lamps upon the road, where insects of the night, attracted by the radiance, were dancing to their deaths, there arose before me that sweet, perfect face, the face that had so attracted me.
met
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From this reading I saw her smile--smile at me, as she did when first we had met.
missed
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From this reading The sound died away, therefore I relit my pipe, and mounting again into the driver's seat, sat back thinking--thinking mostly of Lola, and my ill-luck at having missed her.
mostly
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From this reading The sound died away, therefore I relit my pipe, and mounting again into the driver's seat, sat back thinking--thinking mostly of Lola, and my ill-luck at having missed her.
motor-cycle
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From this reading In the silence of the night I listened to the receding noise of the motor-cycle as it swept down the hill into Cromer town, where I knew Rayner would be on the alert.
mounting
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From this reading The sound died away, therefore I relit my pipe, and mounting again into the driver's seat, sat back thinking--thinking mostly of Lola, and my ill-luck at having missed her.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The sound died away, therefore I relit my pipe, and mounting again into the driver's seat, sat back thinking--thinking mostly of Lola, and my ill-luck at having missed her.
night
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From this reading In the silence of the night I listened to the receding noise of the motor-cycle as it swept down the hill into Cromer town, where I knew Rayner would be on the alert.
NIGHT-VIGIL
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From this reading DESCRIBES A NIGHT-VIGIL The gusty wind had died down.
noise
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From this reading In the silence of the night I listened to the receding noise of the motor-cycle as it swept down the hill into Cromer town, where I knew Rayner would be on the alert.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the silence of the night I listened to the receding noise of the motor-cycle as it swept down the hill into Cromer town, where I knew Rayner would be on the alert.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In the silence of the night I listened to the receding noise of the motor-cycle as it swept down the hill into Cromer town, where I knew Rayner would be on the alert.
perfect
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From this reading Before me, in the white glare of the lamps upon the road, where insects of the night, attracted by the radiance, were dancing to their deaths, there arose before me that sweet, perfect face, the face that had so attracted me.
pipe
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From this reading The sound died away, therefore I relit my pipe, and mounting again into the driver's seat, sat back thinking--thinking mostly of Lola, and my ill-luck at having missed her.
radiance
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From this reading Before me, in the white glare of the lamps upon the road, where insects of the night, attracted by the radiance, were dancing to their deaths, there arose before me that sweet, perfect face, the face that had so attracted me.
Rayner
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From this reading In the silence of the night I listened to the receding noise of the motor-cycle as it swept down the hill into Cromer town, where I knew Rayner would be on the alert.
receding
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From this reading In the silence of the night I listened to the receding noise of the motor-cycle as it swept down the hill into Cromer town, where I knew Rayner would be on the alert.
relit
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From this reading The sound died away, therefore I relit my pipe, and mounting again into the driver's seat, sat back thinking--thinking mostly of Lola, and my ill-luck at having missed her.
road
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From this reading Before me, in the white glare of the lamps upon the road, where insects of the night, attracted by the radiance, were dancing to their deaths, there arose before me that sweet, perfect face, the face that had so attracted me.
sat
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From this reading The sound died away, therefore I relit my pipe, and mounting again into the driver's seat, sat back thinking--thinking mostly of Lola, and my ill-luck at having missed her.
saw
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From this reading I saw her smile--smile at me, as she did when first we had met.
seat
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From this reading The sound died away, therefore I relit my pipe, and mounting again into the driver's seat, sat back thinking--thinking mostly of Lola, and my ill-luck at having missed her.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I saw her smile--smile at me, as she did when first we had met.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading In the silence of the night I listened to the receding noise of the motor-cycle as it swept down the hill into Cromer town, where I knew Rayner would be on the alert.
smile
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From this reading I saw her smile--smile at me, as she did when first we had met.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Before me, in the white glare of the lamps upon the road, where insects of the night, attracted by the radiance, were dancing to their deaths, there arose before me that sweet, perfect face, the face that had so attracted me.
sound
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From this reading The sound died away, therefore I relit my pipe, and mounting again into the driver's seat, sat back thinking--thinking mostly of Lola, and my ill-luck at having missed her.
sweet
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From this reading Before me, in the white glare of the lamps upon the road, where insects of the night, attracted by the radiance, were dancing to their deaths, there arose before me that sweet, perfect face, the face that had so attracted me.
swept
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From this reading In the silence of the night I listened to the receding noise of the motor-cycle as it swept down the hill into Cromer town, where I knew Rayner would be on the alert.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Before me, in the white glare of the lamps upon the road, where insects of the night, attracted by the radiance, were dancing to their deaths, there arose before me that sweet, perfect face, the face that had so attracted me.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DESCRIBES A NIGHT-VIGIL The gusty wind had died down.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Before me, in the white glare of the lamps upon the road, where insects of the night, attracted by the radiance, were dancing to their deaths, there arose before me that sweet, perfect face, the face that had so attracted me.
there
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From this reading Before me, in the white glare of the lamps upon the road, where insects of the night, attracted by the radiance, were dancing to their deaths, there arose before me that sweet, perfect face, the face that had so attracted me.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading The sound died away, therefore I relit my pipe, and mounting again into the driver's seat, sat back thinking--thinking mostly of Lola, and my ill-luck at having missed her.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sound died away, therefore I relit my pipe, and mounting again into the driver's seat, sat back thinking--thinking mostly of Lola, and my ill-luck at having missed her.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the silence of the night I listened to the receding noise of the motor-cycle as it swept down the hill into Cromer town, where I knew Rayner would be on the alert.
town
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From this reading In the silence of the night I listened to the receding noise of the motor-cycle as it swept down the hill into Cromer town, where I knew Rayner would be on the alert.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Before me, in the white glare of the lamps upon the road, where insects of the night, attracted by the radiance, were dancing to their deaths, there arose before me that sweet, perfect face, the face that had so attracted me.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I saw her smile--smile at me, as she did when first we had met.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Before me, in the white glare of the lamps upon the road, where insects of the night, attracted by the radiance, were dancing to their deaths, there arose before me that sweet, perfect face, the face that had so attracted me.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I saw her smile--smile at me, as she did when first we had met.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading In the silence of the night I listened to the receding noise of the motor-cycle as it swept down the hill into Cromer town, where I knew Rayner would be on the alert.
white
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From this reading Before me, in the white glare of the lamps upon the road, where insects of the night, attracted by the radiance, were dancing to their deaths, there arose before me that sweet, perfect face, the face that had so attracted me.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading DESCRIBES A NIGHT-VIGIL The gusty wind had died down.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading In the silence of the night I listened to the receding noise of the motor-cycle as it swept down the hill into Cromer town, where I knew Rayner would be on the alert.
