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andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading With an impatient frown, Wessex deliberately turned his back on the gorgeous pile: it represented boredom to him, politics and dullness, and he loved gaiety, sunshine, and laughter, these merry-makers here, the pretty country wenches with their bare arms and neat ankles showing beneath their brightly coloured robes.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SILKEN BONDS Wessex and Everingham had readjusted their masks and wrapped their cloaks around them, ere they once more mingled with the crowd which still thronged around the gaily decked booths.
ankles
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From this reading With an impatient frown, Wessex deliberately turned his back on the gorgeous pile: it represented boredom to him, politics and dullness, and he loved gaiety, sunshine, and laughter, these merry-makers here, the pretty country wenches with their bare arms and neat ankles showing beneath their brightly coloured robes.
arms
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From this reading With an impatient frown, Wessex deliberately turned his back on the gorgeous pile: it represented boredom to him, politics and dullness, and he loved gaiety, sunshine, and laughter, these merry-makers here, the pretty country wenches with their bare arms and neat ankles showing beneath their brightly coloured robes.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading SILKEN BONDS Wessex and Everingham had readjusted their masks and wrapped their cloaks around them, ere they once more mingled with the crowd which still thronged around the gaily decked booths.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Everingham was silent as he followed his friend through the crowd.
back
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From this reading With an impatient frown, Wessex deliberately turned his back on the gorgeous pile: it represented boredom to him, politics and dullness, and he loved gaiety, sunshine, and laughter, these merry-makers here, the pretty country wenches with their bare arms and neat ankles showing beneath their brightly coloured robes.
bare
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From this reading With an impatient frown, Wessex deliberately turned his back on the gorgeous pile: it represented boredom to him, politics and dullness, and he loved gaiety, sunshine, and laughter, these merry-makers here, the pretty country wenches with their bare arms and neat ankles showing beneath their brightly coloured robes.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Hampton Court, in the fast-gathering haze beyond, looked grey and ghostlike, with brightly illumined windows beginning to gleam here and there.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading With an impatient frown, Wessex deliberately turned his back on the gorgeous pile: it represented boredom to him, politics and dullness, and he loved gaiety, sunshine, and laughter, these merry-makers here, the pretty country wenches with their bare arms and neat ankles showing beneath their brightly coloured robes.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Hampton Court, in the fast-gathering haze beyond, looked grey and ghostlike, with brightly illumined windows beginning to gleam here and there.
BONDS
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booths
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boredom
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brightly
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cloaks
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coloured
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country
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Court
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crowd
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decked
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deliberately
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drawing
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From this reading The evening now was rapidly drawing in.
dullness
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ereconjunctionUS /er/
an old word for “before”
From this reading SILKEN BONDS Wessex and Everingham had readjusted their masks and wrapped their cloaks around them, ere they once more mingled with the crowd which still thronged around the gaily decked booths.
evening
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From this reading The evening now was rapidly drawing in.
Everingham
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fast-gathering
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From this reading Hampton Court, in the fast-gathering haze beyond, looked grey and ghostlike, with brightly illumined windows beginning to gleam here and there.
followed
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From this reading Everingham was silent as he followed his friend through the crowd.
friend
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From this reading Everingham was silent as he followed his friend through the crowd.
frown
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From this reading With an impatient frown, Wessex deliberately turned his back on the gorgeous pile: it represented boredom to him, politics and dullness, and he loved gaiety, sunshine, and laughter, these merry-makers here, the pretty country wenches with their bare arms and neat ankles showing beneath their brightly coloured robes.
gaiety
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gaily
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ghostlike
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From this reading Hampton Court, in the fast-gathering haze beyond, looked grey and ghostlike, with brightly illumined windows beginning to gleam here and there.
gleam
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gorgeous
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From this reading With an impatient frown, Wessex deliberately turned his back on the gorgeous pile: it represented boredom to him, politics and dullness, and he loved gaiety, sunshine, and laughter, these merry-makers here, the pretty country wenches with their bare arms and neat ankles showing beneath their brightly coloured robes.
grey
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From this reading Hampton Court, in the fast-gathering haze beyond, looked grey and ghostlike, with brightly illumined windows beginning to gleam here and there.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading SILKEN BONDS Wessex and Everingham had readjusted their masks and wrapped their cloaks around them, ere they once more mingled with the crowd which still thronged around the gaily decked booths.
Hampton
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haze
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From this reading Hampton Court, in the fast-gathering haze beyond, looked grey and ghostlike, with brightly illumined windows beginning to gleam here and there.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With an impatient frown, Wessex deliberately turned his back on the gorgeous pile: it represented boredom to him, politics and dullness, and he loved gaiety, sunshine, and laughter, these merry-makers here, the pretty country wenches with their bare arms and neat ankles showing beneath their brightly coloured robes.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hampton Court, in the fast-gathering haze beyond, looked grey and ghostlike, with brightly illumined windows beginning to gleam here and there.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading With an impatient frown, Wessex deliberately turned his back on the gorgeous pile: it represented boredom to him, politics and dullness, and he loved gaiety, sunshine, and laughter, these merry-makers here, the pretty country wenches with their bare arms and neat ankles showing beneath their brightly coloured robes.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading With an impatient frown, Wessex deliberately turned his back on the gorgeous pile: it represented boredom to him, politics and dullness, and he loved gaiety, sunshine, and laughter, these merry-makers here, the pretty country wenches with their bare arms and neat ankles showing beneath their brightly coloured robes.
illumined
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From this reading Hampton Court, in the fast-gathering haze beyond, looked grey and ghostlike, with brightly illumined windows beginning to gleam here and there.
impatient
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From this reading With an impatient frown, Wessex deliberately turned his back on the gorgeous pile: it represented boredom to him, politics and dullness, and he loved gaiety, sunshine, and laughter, these merry-makers here, the pretty country wenches with their bare arms and neat ankles showing beneath their brightly coloured robes.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The evening now was rapidly drawing in.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading With an impatient frown, Wessex deliberately turned his back on the gorgeous pile: it represented boredom to him, politics and dullness, and he loved gaiety, sunshine, and laughter, these merry-makers here, the pretty country wenches with their bare arms and neat ankles showing beneath their brightly coloured robes.
laughter
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lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hampton Court, in the fast-gathering haze beyond, looked grey and ghostlike, with brightly illumined windows beginning to gleam here and there.
loved
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masks
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From this reading SILKEN BONDS Wessex and Everingham had readjusted their masks and wrapped their cloaks around them, ere they once more mingled with the crowd which still thronged around the gaily decked booths.
merry-makers
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mingled
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more
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neat
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now
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From this reading The evening now was rapidly drawing in.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading With an impatient frown, Wessex deliberately turned his back on the gorgeous pile: it represented boredom to him, politics and dullness, and he loved gaiety, sunshine, and laughter, these merry-makers here, the pretty country wenches with their bare arms and neat ankles showing beneath their brightly coloured robes.
once
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pile
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politics
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pretty
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rapidly
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From this reading The evening now was rapidly drawing in.
readjusted
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represented
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robes
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showing
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silent
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From this reading Everingham was silent as he followed his friend through the crowd.
SILKEN
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From this reading SILKEN BONDS Wessex and Everingham had readjusted their masks and wrapped their cloaks around them, ere they once more mingled with the crowd which still thronged around the gaily decked booths.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SILKEN BONDS Wessex and Everingham had readjusted their masks and wrapped their cloaks around them, ere they once more mingled with the crowd which still thronged around the gaily decked booths.
sunshine
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SILKEN BONDS Wessex and Everingham had readjusted their masks and wrapped their cloaks around them, ere they once more mingled with the crowd which still thronged around the gaily decked booths.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading SILKEN BONDS Wessex and Everingham had readjusted their masks and wrapped their cloaks around them, ere they once more mingled with the crowd which still thronged around the gaily decked booths.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
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there
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From this reading Hampton Court, in the fast-gathering haze beyond, looked grey and ghostlike, with brightly illumined windows beginning to gleam here and there.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading With an impatient frown, Wessex deliberately turned his back on the gorgeous pile: it represented boredom to him, politics and dullness, and he loved gaiety, sunshine, and laughter, these merry-makers here, the pretty country wenches with their bare arms and neat ankles showing beneath their brightly coloured robes.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
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thronged
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throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Everingham was silent as he followed his friend through the crowd.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hampton Court, in the fast-gathering haze beyond, looked grey and ghostlike, with brightly illumined windows beginning to gleam here and there.
turned
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From this reading With an impatient frown, Wessex deliberately turned his back on the gorgeous pile: it represented boredom to him, politics and dullness, and he loved gaiety, sunshine, and laughter, these merry-makers here, the pretty country wenches with their bare arms and neat ankles showing beneath their brightly coloured robes.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The evening now was rapidly drawing in.
wenches
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Wessex
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whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading SILKEN BONDS Wessex and Everingham had readjusted their masks and wrapped their cloaks around them, ere they once more mingled with the crowd which still thronged around the gaily decked booths.
windows
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withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
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wrapped
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