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The windfall
The windfall

Chapter I

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Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.
Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.
The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.
His imagination flagged, failed.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The windfall

Chapter I

Reading 1/49 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.
Line 2
Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.
Line 3
The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
Line 4
He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.
Line 5
His imagination flagged, failed.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.”

Against preposition US /əˈɡenst/

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading “The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.”

Beyond preposition US /bɪˈɑːnd/

on the far side of; further than

From this reading “The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.”

Buoyant adjective US /ˈbɔɪənt/

able to float or rise easily in water

From this reading “Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.”

Could modal verb US /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading “Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.”

Despite preposition US /dɪˈspaɪt/

although something is true; in spite of

From this reading “Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.”

Great noun US /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.”

Looked noun US /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.”

Mind noun US /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.”

Never noun US /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.”

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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 Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.

againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

all

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

almost

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

Amulet

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From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

any

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

arrowy

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.

Author

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From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.

autumnal

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

background

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/

on the far side of; further than

From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

blue

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

bronze

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

buoyantadjectiveUS /ˈbɔɪənt/

able to float or rise easily in water

From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.

Bushwhackers

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From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.

clifty

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

computation

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.

Country

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From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.

crag-bound

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

crystal-clear

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

defiles

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

dense

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

DespiteprepositionUS /dɪˈspaɪt/

although something is true; in spite of

From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.

differing

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

dreamed

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From this reading He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.

encompassing

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

etc

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From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.

extent

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From this reading He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.

failed

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From this reading His imagination flagged, failed.

flagged

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From this reading His imagination flagged, failed.

foliage

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

forest

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

further

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

gigantic

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

glimpsed

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

gorgeous

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

GreatnounUS /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.

green

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

growths

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.

half-stunned

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.

heights

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

Hilary

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From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.

imagination

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From this reading His imagination flagged, failed.

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.

Lloyd

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From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.

lookednounUS /looked/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.

magnificently

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

mindnounUS /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

Mountains

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From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.

natural

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From this reading He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.

nevernounUS /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.

optimism

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From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.

picturesque

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From this reading He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.

posed

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

Power

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From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.

Prophet

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From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.

purple

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

quail

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From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.

ranges

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

redundantly

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

region

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From this reading He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.

revelations

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

rich

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

river

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

sapphire

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

seeming

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

sense

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

sky

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

Smoky

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From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.

Spectre

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From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.

splendid

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From this reading He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.

Stranger-People's

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From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.

swiftness

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

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 Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.

theatrical

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

tints

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

touching

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

translucent

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

turquoise

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

uninhabited

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

values

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From this reading He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.

vast

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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

wealth

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From this reading He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.