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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 Look you how it besets him, with a glorious burst of laughter and triumph over his gloom.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading And now a clown no longer, but some grand shepherd baron, he draws his purple cloak about him, and lifts his cloudy head into the sky.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Look you how it besets him, with a glorious burst of laughter and triumph over his gloom.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Keep your profound unbroken watch upon the liege valleys and homes at your feet--for the sun is setting in a stormy glory, and the winds are gathering wild in their battalions in the hollows of the hills.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Keep your profound unbroken watch upon the liege valleys and homes at your feet--for the sun is setting in a stormy glory, and the winds are gathering wild in their battalions in the hollows of the hills.
baron
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From this reading And now a clown no longer, but some grand shepherd baron, he draws his purple cloak about him, and lifts his cloudy head into the sky.
battalions
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besets
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From this reading Look you how it besets him, with a glorious burst of laughter and triumph over his gloom.
Border
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From this reading Marshal your men-at-arms, Warder of the Border!
burst
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From this reading Look you how it besets him, with a glorious burst of laughter and triumph over his gloom.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading And now a clown no longer, but some grand shepherd baron, he draws his purple cloak about him, and lifts his cloudy head into the sky.
cloak
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From this reading And now a clown no longer, but some grand shepherd baron, he draws his purple cloak about him, and lifts his cloudy head into the sky.
cloudy
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From this reading And now a clown no longer, but some grand shepherd baron, he draws his purple cloak about him, and lifts his cloudy head into the sky.
clown
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From this reading And now a clown no longer, but some grand shepherd baron, he draws his purple cloak about him, and lifts his cloudy head into the sky.
Criffel's
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From this reading The sun has struck on Criffel’s sullen shoulder.
draws
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From this reading And now a clown no longer, but some grand shepherd baron, he draws his purple cloak about him, and lifts his cloudy head into the sky.
feet
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From this reading Keep your profound unbroken watch upon the liege valleys and homes at your feet--for the sun is setting in a stormy glory, and the winds are gathering wild in their battalions in the hollows of the hills.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Keep your profound unbroken watch upon the liege valleys and homes at your feet--for the sun is setting in a stormy glory, and the winds are gathering wild in their battalions in the hollows of the hills.
gathering
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gloom
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From this reading Look you how it besets him, with a glorious burst of laughter and triumph over his gloom.
glorious
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From this reading Look you how it besets him, with a glorious burst of laughter and triumph over his gloom.
glory
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grand
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From this reading And now a clown no longer, but some grand shepherd baron, he draws his purple cloak about him, and lifts his cloudy head into the sky.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sun has struck on Criffel’s sullen shoulder.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And now a clown no longer, but some grand shepherd baron, he draws his purple cloak about him, and lifts his cloudy head into the sky.
head
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From this reading And now a clown no longer, but some grand shepherd baron, he draws his purple cloak about him, and lifts his cloudy head into the sky.
hills
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From this reading Keep your profound unbroken watch upon the liege valleys and homes at your feet--for the sun is setting in a stormy glory, and the winds are gathering wild in their battalions in the hollows of the hills.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Look you how it besets him, with a glorious burst of laughter and triumph over his gloom.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Look you how it besets him, with a glorious burst of laughter and triumph over his gloom.
hollows
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From this reading Keep your profound unbroken watch upon the liege valleys and homes at your feet--for the sun is setting in a stormy glory, and the winds are gathering wild in their battalions in the hollows of the hills.
homes
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how
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From this reading Look you how it besets him, with a glorious burst of laughter and triumph over his gloom.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Keep your profound unbroken watch upon the liege valleys and homes at your feet--for the sun is setting in a stormy glory, and the winds are gathering wild in their battalions in the hollows of the hills.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And now a clown no longer, but some grand shepherd baron, he draws his purple cloak about him, and lifts his cloudy head into the sky.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Keep your profound unbroken watch upon the liege valleys and homes at your feet--for the sun is setting in a stormy glory, and the winds are gathering wild in their battalions in the hollows of the hills.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Look you how it besets him, with a glorious burst of laughter and triumph over his gloom.
Keep
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From this reading Keep your profound unbroken watch upon the liege valleys and homes at your feet--for the sun is setting in a stormy glory, and the winds are gathering wild in their battalions in the hollows of the hills.
laughter
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From this reading Look you how it besets him, with a glorious burst of laughter and triumph over his gloom.
liege
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From this reading Keep your profound unbroken watch upon the liege valleys and homes at your feet--for the sun is setting in a stormy glory, and the winds are gathering wild in their battalions in the hollows of the hills.
lifts
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From this reading And now a clown no longer, but some grand shepherd baron, he draws his purple cloak about him, and lifts his cloudy head into the sky.
longer
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From this reading And now a clown no longer, but some grand shepherd baron, he draws his purple cloak about him, and lifts his cloudy head into the sky.
LooknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Look you how it besets him, with a glorious burst of laughter and triumph over his gloom.
Marshal
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From this reading Marshal your men-at-arms, Warder of the Border!
men-at-arms
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From this reading Marshal your men-at-arms, Warder of the Border!
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading And now a clown no longer, but some grand shepherd baron, he draws his purple cloak about him, and lifts his cloudy head into the sky.
now
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From this reading And now a clown no longer, but some grand shepherd baron, he draws his purple cloak about him, and lifts his cloudy head into the sky.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Look you how it besets him, with a glorious burst of laughter and triumph over his gloom.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The sun has struck on Criffel’s sullen shoulder.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Look you how it besets him, with a glorious burst of laughter and triumph over his gloom.
profound
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From this reading Keep your profound unbroken watch upon the liege valleys and homes at your feet--for the sun is setting in a stormy glory, and the winds are gathering wild in their battalions in the hollows of the hills.
purple
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From this reading And now a clown no longer, but some grand shepherd baron, he draws his purple cloak about him, and lifts his cloudy head into the sky.
setting
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shepherd
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From this reading And now a clown no longer, but some grand shepherd baron, he draws his purple cloak about him, and lifts his cloudy head into the sky.
shoulder
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From this reading The sun has struck on Criffel’s sullen shoulder.
sky
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From this reading And now a clown no longer, but some grand shepherd baron, he draws his purple cloak about him, and lifts his cloudy head into the sky.
some
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From this reading And now a clown no longer, but some grand shepherd baron, he draws his purple cloak about him, and lifts his cloudy head into the sky.
stormy
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From this reading Keep your profound unbroken watch upon the liege valleys and homes at your feet--for the sun is setting in a stormy glory, and the winds are gathering wild in their battalions in the hollows of the hills.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun has struck on Criffel’s sullen shoulder.
sullen
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From this reading The sun has struck on Criffel’s sullen shoulder.
sun
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From this reading The sun has struck on Criffel’s sullen shoulder.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sun has struck on Criffel’s sullen shoulder.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Keep your profound unbroken watch upon the liege valleys and homes at your feet--for the sun is setting in a stormy glory, and the winds are gathering wild in their battalions in the hollows of the hills.
triumph
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From this reading Look you how it besets him, with a glorious burst of laughter and triumph over his gloom.
unbroken
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From this reading Keep your profound unbroken watch upon the liege valleys and homes at your feet--for the sun is setting in a stormy glory, and the winds are gathering wild in their battalions in the hollows of the hills.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Keep your profound unbroken watch upon the liege valleys and homes at your feet--for the sun is setting in a stormy glory, and the winds are gathering wild in their battalions in the hollows of the hills.
valleys
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From this reading Keep your profound unbroken watch upon the liege valleys and homes at your feet--for the sun is setting in a stormy glory, and the winds are gathering wild in their battalions in the hollows of the hills.
Warder
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From this reading Marshal your men-at-arms, Warder of the Border!
watch
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From this reading Keep your profound unbroken watch upon the liege valleys and homes at your feet--for the sun is setting in a stormy glory, and the winds are gathering wild in their battalions in the hollows of the hills.
wild
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From this reading Keep your profound unbroken watch upon the liege valleys and homes at your feet--for the sun is setting in a stormy glory, and the winds are gathering wild in their battalions in the hollows of the hills.
winds
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From this reading Keep your profound unbroken watch upon the liege valleys and homes at your feet--for the sun is setting in a stormy glory, and the winds are gathering wild in their battalions in the hollows of the hills.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Look you how it besets him, with a glorious burst of laughter and triumph over his gloom.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Look you how it besets him, with a glorious burst of laughter and triumph over his gloom.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Marshal your men-at-arms, Warder of the Border!
