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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 Author of _The House of a Thousand Candles_, _The Main Chance_, _Zelda Dameron_, etc.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading To the Memory of Herman Kountze Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city’s bound, And seek what pleasant lands across the distant hills are found.
adventure
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From this reading Be ye still, said King Pellinore, for we shall hear of some adventure.—Malory.
afore
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From this reading Then Sir Pellinore put off his armour; then a little afore midnight they heard the trotting of an horse.
always
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From this reading There is a golden light that shines beyond the verge of dawn, And there are happy highways leading on and always on; So, sweetheart, let us mount and ride, with never a backward glance, To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley of Romance.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Then Sir Pellinore put off his armour; then a little afore midnight they heard the trotting of an horse.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To the Memory of Herman Kountze Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city’s bound, And seek what pleasant lands across the distant hills are found.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading To the Memory of Herman Kountze Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city’s bound, And seek what pleasant lands across the distant hills are found.
armour
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From this reading Then Sir Pellinore put off his armour; then a little afore midnight they heard the trotting of an horse.
Author
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From this reading Author of _The House of a Thousand Candles_, _The Main Chance_, _Zelda Dameron_, etc.
away
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From this reading To the Memory of Herman Kountze Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city’s bound, And seek what pleasant lands across the distant hills are found.
backward
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From this reading There is a golden light that shines beyond the verge of dawn, And there are happy highways leading on and always on; So, sweetheart, let us mount and ride, with never a backward glance, To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley of Romance.
Beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Be ye still, said King Pellinore, for we shall hear of some adventure.—Malory.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading To the Memory of Herman Kountze Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city’s bound, And seek what pleasant lands across the distant hills are found.
bound
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From this reading To the Memory of Herman Kountze Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city’s bound, And seek what pleasant lands across the distant hills are found.
Candles
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From this reading Author of _The House of a Thousand Candles_, _The Main Chance_, _Zelda Dameron_, etc.
Chance
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From this reading Author of _The House of a Thousand Candles_, _The Main Chance_, _Zelda Dameron_, etc.
city's
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From this reading To the Memory of Herman Kountze Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city’s bound, And seek what pleasant lands across the distant hills are found.
ComenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To the Memory of Herman Kountze Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city’s bound, And seek what pleasant lands across the distant hills are found.
Dameron
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From this reading Author of _The House of a Thousand Candles_, _The Main Chance_, _Zelda Dameron_, etc.
dawn
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From this reading There is a golden light that shines beyond the verge of dawn, And there are happy highways leading on and always on; So, sweetheart, let us mount and ride, with never a backward glance, To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley of Romance.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading To the Memory of Herman Kountze Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city’s bound, And seek what pleasant lands across the distant hills are found.
etc
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From this reading Author of _The House of a Thousand Candles_, _The Main Chance_, _Zelda Dameron_, etc.
find
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From this reading There is a golden light that shines beyond the verge of dawn, And there are happy highways leading on and always on; So, sweetheart, let us mount and ride, with never a backward glance, To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley of Romance.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Be ye still, said King Pellinore, for we shall hear of some adventure.—Malory.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To the Memory of Herman Kountze Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city’s bound, And seek what pleasant lands across the distant hills are found.
glance
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From this reading There is a golden light that shines beyond the verge of dawn, And there are happy highways leading on and always on; So, sweetheart, let us mount and ride, with never a backward glance, To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley of Romance.
golden
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From this reading There is a golden light that shines beyond the verge of dawn, And there are happy highways leading on and always on; So, sweetheart, let us mount and ride, with never a backward glance, To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley of Romance.
happy
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From this reading There is a golden light that shines beyond the verge of dawn, And there are happy highways leading on and always on; So, sweetheart, let us mount and ride, with never a backward glance, To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley of Romance.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Be ye still, said King Pellinore, for we shall hear of some adventure.—Malory.
heard
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From this reading Then Sir Pellinore put off his armour; then a little afore midnight they heard the trotting of an horse.
Herman
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From this reading To the Memory of Herman Kountze Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city’s bound, And seek what pleasant lands across the distant hills are found.
highways
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From this reading There is a golden light that shines beyond the verge of dawn, And there are happy highways leading on and always on; So, sweetheart, let us mount and ride, with never a backward glance, To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley of Romance.
hills
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From this reading To the Memory of Herman Kountze Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city’s bound, And seek what pleasant lands across the distant hills are found.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Then Sir Pellinore put off his armour; then a little afore midnight they heard the trotting of an horse.
horse
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From this reading Then Sir Pellinore put off his armour; then a little afore midnight they heard the trotting of an horse.
House
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From this reading Author of _The House of a Thousand Candles_, _The Main Chance_, _Zelda Dameron_, etc.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is a golden light that shines beyond the verge of dawn, And there are happy highways leading on and always on; So, sweetheart, let us mount and ride, with never a backward glance, To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley of Romance.
King
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From this reading Be ye still, said King Pellinore, for we shall hear of some adventure.—Malory.
Kountze
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From this reading To the Memory of Herman Kountze Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city’s bound, And seek what pleasant lands across the distant hills are found.
lands
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From this reading To the Memory of Herman Kountze Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city’s bound, And seek what pleasant lands across the distant hills are found.
leading
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From this reading There is a golden light that shines beyond the verge of dawn, And there are happy highways leading on and always on; So, sweetheart, let us mount and ride, with never a backward glance, To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley of Romance.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading To the Memory of Herman Kountze Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city’s bound, And seek what pleasant lands across the distant hills are found.
light
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From this reading There is a golden light that shines beyond the verge of dawn, And there are happy highways leading on and always on; So, sweetheart, let us mount and ride, with never a backward glance, To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley of Romance.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then Sir Pellinore put off his armour; then a little afore midnight they heard the trotting of an horse.
Main
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From this reading Author of _The House of a Thousand Candles_, _The Main Chance_, _Zelda Dameron_, etc.
Malory
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From this reading Be ye still, said King Pellinore, for we shall hear of some adventure.—Malory.
MemorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading To the Memory of Herman Kountze Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city’s bound, And seek what pleasant lands across the distant hills are found.
midnight
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From this reading Then Sir Pellinore put off his armour; then a little afore midnight they heard the trotting of an horse.
mount
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From this reading There is a golden light that shines beyond the verge of dawn, And there are happy highways leading on and always on; So, sweetheart, let us mount and ride, with never a backward glance, To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley of Romance.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is a golden light that shines beyond the verge of dawn, And there are happy highways leading on and always on; So, sweetheart, let us mount and ride, with never a backward glance, To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley of Romance.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of _The House of a Thousand Candles_, _The Main Chance_, _Zelda Dameron_, etc.
off
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From this reading Then Sir Pellinore put off his armour; then a little afore midnight they heard the trotting of an horse.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There is a golden light that shines beyond the verge of dawn, And there are happy highways leading on and always on; So, sweetheart, let us mount and ride, with never a backward glance, To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley of Romance.
Pellinore
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From this reading Then Sir Pellinore put off his armour; then a little afore midnight they heard the trotting of an horse.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To the Memory of Herman Kountze Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city’s bound, And seek what pleasant lands across the distant hills are found.
put
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From this reading Then Sir Pellinore put off his armour; then a little afore midnight they heard the trotting of an horse.
ride
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From this reading To the Memory of Herman Kountze Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city’s bound, And seek what pleasant lands across the distant hills are found.
Romance
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From this reading There is a golden light that shines beyond the verge of dawn, And there are happy highways leading on and always on; So, sweetheart, let us mount and ride, with never a backward glance, To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley of Romance.
said
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From this reading Be ye still, said King Pellinore, for we shall hear of some adventure.—Malory.
seek
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From this reading To the Memory of Herman Kountze Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city’s bound, And seek what pleasant lands across the distant hills are found.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Be ye still, said King Pellinore, for we shall hear of some adventure.—Malory.
shelter
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From this reading There is a golden light that shines beyond the verge of dawn, And there are happy highways leading on and always on; So, sweetheart, let us mount and ride, with never a backward glance, To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley of Romance.
shines
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From this reading There is a golden light that shines beyond the verge of dawn, And there are happy highways leading on and always on; So, sweetheart, let us mount and ride, with never a backward glance, To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley of Romance.
Sir
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From this reading Then Sir Pellinore put off his armour; then a little afore midnight they heard the trotting of an horse.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There is a golden light that shines beyond the verge of dawn, And there are happy highways leading on and always on; So, sweetheart, let us mount and ride, with never a backward glance, To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley of Romance.
some
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From this reading Be ye still, said King Pellinore, for we shall hear of some adventure.—Malory.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Be ye still, said King Pellinore, for we shall hear of some adventure.—Malory.
sweetheart
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From this reading To the Memory of Herman Kountze Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city’s bound, And seek what pleasant lands across the distant hills are found.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There is a golden light that shines beyond the verge of dawn, And there are happy highways leading on and always on; So, sweetheart, let us mount and ride, with never a backward glance, To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley of Romance.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author of _The House of a Thousand Candles_, _The Main Chance_, _Zelda Dameron_, etc.
Then
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From this reading Then Sir Pellinore put off his armour; then a little afore midnight they heard the trotting of an horse.
There
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From this reading There is a golden light that shines beyond the verge of dawn, And there are happy highways leading on and always on; So, sweetheart, let us mount and ride, with never a backward glance, To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley of Romance.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then Sir Pellinore put off his armour; then a little afore midnight they heard the trotting of an horse.
Thousand
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From this reading Author of _The House of a Thousand Candles_, _The Main Chance_, _Zelda Dameron_, etc.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To the Memory of Herman Kountze Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city’s bound, And seek what pleasant lands across the distant hills are found.
trotting
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From this reading Then Sir Pellinore put off his armour; then a little afore midnight they heard the trotting of an horse.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To the Memory of Herman Kountze Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city’s bound, And seek what pleasant lands across the distant hills are found.
Valley
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From this reading There is a golden light that shines beyond the verge of dawn, And there are happy highways leading on and always on; So, sweetheart, let us mount and ride, with never a backward glance, To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley of Romance.
verge
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From this reading There is a golden light that shines beyond the verge of dawn, And there are happy highways leading on and always on; So, sweetheart, let us mount and ride, with never a backward glance, To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley of Romance.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Be ye still, said King Pellinore, for we shall hear of some adventure.—Malory.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading To the Memory of Herman Kountze Come, sweetheart, let us ride away beyond the city’s bound, And seek what pleasant lands across the distant hills are found.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There is a golden light that shines beyond the verge of dawn, And there are happy highways leading on and always on; So, sweetheart, let us mount and ride, with never a backward glance, To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley of Romance.
yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Be ye still, said King Pellinore, for we shall hear of some adventure.—Malory.
Zelda
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From this reading Author of _The House of a Thousand Candles_, _The Main Chance_, _Zelda Dameron_, etc.
