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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 I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
all
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From this reading The old trees, the thick shrubbery, made a great and pleasant shade, but it was all suffused with the brightness of the hot, still hour.
ambiguity
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From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Suddenly, in these circumstances, I became aware that, on the other side of the Sea of Azof, we had an interested spectator.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
aware
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From this reading Suddenly, in these circumstances, I became aware that, on the other side of the Sea of Azof, we had an interested spectator.
Azof
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From this reading Suddenly, in these circumstances, I became aware that, on the other side of the Sea of Azof, we had an interested spectator.
became
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From this reading Suddenly, in these circumstances, I became aware that, on the other side of the Sea of Azof, we had an interested spectator.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
bench
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From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
brightness
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From this reading The old trees, the thick shrubbery, made a great and pleasant shade, but it was all suffused with the brightness of the hot, still hour.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The old trees, the thick shrubbery, made a great and pleasant shade, but it was all suffused with the brightness of the hot, still hour.
certitude
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From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
circumstances
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From this reading Suddenly, in these circumstances, I became aware that, on the other side of the Sea of Azof, we had an interested spectator.
consequence
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From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
conviction
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From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
direct
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From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
distance
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From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
down
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From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading The way this knowledge gathered in me was the strangest thing in the world--the strangest, that is, except the very much stranger in which it quickly merged itself.
eyes
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From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
forming
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From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
gathered
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From this reading The way this knowledge gathered in me was the strangest thing in the world--the strangest, that is, except the very much stranger in which it quickly merged itself.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The old trees, the thick shrubbery, made a great and pleasant shade, but it was all suffused with the brightness of the hot, still hour.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Suddenly, in these circumstances, I became aware that, on the other side of the Sea of Azof, we had an interested spectator.
hot
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From this reading The old trees, the thick shrubbery, made a great and pleasant shade, but it was all suffused with the brightness of the hot, still hour.
hour
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From this reading The old trees, the thick shrubbery, made a great and pleasant shade, but it was all suffused with the brightness of the hot, still hour.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Suddenly, in these circumstances, I became aware that, on the other side of the Sea of Azof, we had an interested spectator.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Suddenly, in these circumstances, I became aware that, on the other side of the Sea of Azof, we had an interested spectator.
interested
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From this reading Suddenly, in these circumstances, I became aware that, on the other side of the Sea of Azof, we had an interested spectator.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The way this knowledge gathered in me was the strangest thing in the world--the strangest, that is, except the very much stranger in which it quickly merged itself.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The way this knowledge gathered in me was the strangest thing in the world--the strangest, that is, except the very much stranger in which it quickly merged itself.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The way this knowledge gathered in me was the strangest thing in the world--the strangest, that is, except the very much stranger in which it quickly merged itself.
knowledge
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From this reading The way this knowledge gathered in me was the strangest thing in the world--the strangest, that is, except the very much stranger in which it quickly merged itself.
lake
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From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
made
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From this reading The old trees, the thick shrubbery, made a great and pleasant shade, but it was all suffused with the brightness of the hot, still hour.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The way this knowledge gathered in me was the strangest thing in the world--the strangest, that is, except the very much stranger in which it quickly merged itself.
merged
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From this reading The way this knowledge gathered in me was the strangest thing in the world--the strangest, that is, except the very much stranger in which it quickly merged itself.
moment
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From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
much
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From this reading The way this knowledge gathered in me was the strangest thing in the world--the strangest, that is, except the very much stranger in which it quickly merged itself.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Suddenly, in these circumstances, I became aware that, on the other side of the Sea of Azof, we had an interested spectator.
old
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From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Suddenly, in these circumstances, I became aware that, on the other side of the Sea of Azof, we had an interested spectator.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
other
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From this reading Suddenly, in these circumstances, I became aware that, on the other side of the Sea of Azof, we had an interested spectator.
overlooked
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From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
person
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From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
piece
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From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The old trees, the thick shrubbery, made a great and pleasant shade, but it was all suffused with the brightness of the hot, still hour.
pond
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From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
position
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From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
presence
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From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
quickly
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From this reading The way this knowledge gathered in me was the strangest thing in the world--the strangest, that is, except the very much stranger in which it quickly merged itself.
raising
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From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
sat
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From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
Sea
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From this reading Suddenly, in these circumstances, I became aware that, on the other side of the Sea of Azof, we had an interested spectator.
see
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From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
shade
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From this reading The old trees, the thick shrubbery, made a great and pleasant shade, but it was all suffused with the brightness of the hot, still hour.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
shrubbery
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From this reading The old trees, the thick shrubbery, made a great and pleasant shade, but it was all suffused with the brightness of the hot, still hour.
side
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From this reading Suddenly, in these circumstances, I became aware that, on the other side of the Sea of Azof, we had an interested spectator.
sit
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From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
spectator
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From this reading Suddenly, in these circumstances, I became aware that, on the other side of the Sea of Azof, we had an interested spectator.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The old trees, the thick shrubbery, made a great and pleasant shade, but it was all suffused with the brightness of the hot, still hour.
stone
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From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
straight
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From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
stranger
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From this reading The way this knowledge gathered in me was the strangest thing in the world--the strangest, that is, except the very much stranger in which it quickly merged itself.
strangest
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From this reading The way this knowledge gathered in me was the strangest thing in the world--the strangest, that is, except the very much stranger in which it quickly merged itself.
SuddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Suddenly, in these circumstances, I became aware that, on the other side of the Sea of Azof, we had an interested spectator.
suffused
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From this reading The old trees, the thick shrubbery, made a great and pleasant shade, but it was all suffused with the brightness of the hot, still hour.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Suddenly, in these circumstances, I became aware that, on the other side of the Sea of Azof, we had an interested spectator.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Suddenly, in these circumstances, I became aware that, on the other side of the Sea of Azof, we had an interested spectator.
There
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From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Suddenly, in these circumstances, I became aware that, on the other side of the Sea of Azof, we had an interested spectator.
thick
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From this reading The old trees, the thick shrubbery, made a great and pleasant shade, but it was all suffused with the brightness of the hot, still hour.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The way this knowledge gathered in me was the strangest thing in the world--the strangest, that is, except the very much stranger in which it quickly merged itself.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The way this knowledge gathered in me was the strangest thing in the world--the strangest, that is, except the very much stranger in which it quickly merged itself.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
trees
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From this reading The old trees, the thick shrubbery, made a great and pleasant shade, but it was all suffused with the brightness of the hot, still hour.
very
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From this reading The way this knowledge gathered in me was the strangest thing in the world--the strangest, that is, except the very much stranger in which it quickly merged itself.
vision
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From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The way this knowledge gathered in me was the strangest thing in the world--the strangest, that is, except the very much stranger in which it quickly merged itself.
way
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From this reading The way this knowledge gathered in me was the strangest thing in the world--the strangest, that is, except the very much stranger in which it quickly merged itself.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Suddenly, in these circumstances, I became aware that, on the other side of the Sea of Azof, we had an interested spectator.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading There was no ambiguity in anything; none whatever, at least, in the conviction I from one moment to another found myself forming as to what I should see straight before me and across the lake as a consequence of raising my eyes.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The way this knowledge gathered in me was the strangest thing in the world--the strangest, that is, except the very much stranger in which it quickly merged itself.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
work
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From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
world
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From this reading The way this knowledge gathered in me was the strangest thing in the world--the strangest, that is, except the very much stranger in which it quickly merged itself.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading I had sat down with a piece of work--for I was something or other that could sit--on the old stone bench which overlooked the pond; and in this position I began to take in with certitude, and yet without direct vision, the presence, at a distance, of a third person.
