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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 "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
air
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When they could no longer perceive him they still rowed on speaking no word,--the measured, musical plash of the oars through the smooth, dark olive-green water alone breaking the stillness around them.
amore
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading When they could no longer perceive him they still rowed on speaking no word,--the measured, musical plash of the oars through the smooth, dark olive-green water alone breaking the stillness around them.
away
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
background
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
barbier
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
boat
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
breaking
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From this reading When they could no longer perceive him they still rowed on speaking no word,--the measured, musical plash of the oars through the smooth, dark olive-green water alone breaking the stillness around them.
breathlessness
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
c
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
came
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
che
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
clearly
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
colla
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
core
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
corner
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading When they could no longer perceive him they still rowed on speaking no word,--the measured, musical plash of the oars through the smooth, dark olive-green water alone breaking the stillness around them.
crept
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
crimson
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
curious
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
dark
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From this reading When they could no longer perceive him they still rowed on speaking no word,--the measured, musical plash of the oars through the smooth, dark olive-green water alone breaking the stillness around them.
deep
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
del
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
delicate
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
downwards
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
dream-like
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
e
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
edge
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From this reading Old Gueldmar stood on the edge of his little pier to watch them out of sight.
errand
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
Errington
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
fantastic
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
figure
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
Fjord
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
flushed
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
flushes
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
formed
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
gleaming
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
grey
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
Gueldmar
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From this reading Old Gueldmar stood on the edge of his little pier to watch them out of sight.
hair
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
hid
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
high
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When they could no longer perceive him they still rowed on speaking no word,--the measured, musical plash of the oars through the smooth, dark olive-green water alone breaking the stillness around them.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Old Gueldmar stood on the edge of his little pier to watch them out of sight.
horizon
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
hushed
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
il
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
inside
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
la
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
landing-place
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
lasted
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
levare
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
lights
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
like
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Old Gueldmar stood on the edge of his little pier to watch them out of sight.
longer
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From this reading When they could no longer perceive him they still rowed on speaking no word,--the measured, musical plash of the oars through the smooth, dark olive-green water alone breaking the stillness around them.
Lorimer
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
manina
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
many
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
measured
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From this reading When they could no longer perceive him they still rowed on speaking no word,--the measured, musical plash of the oars through the smooth, dark olive-green water alone breaking the stillness around them.
mezzo
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
minutes
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
mio
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
mist
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
mountains
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
musical
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From this reading When they could no longer perceive him they still rowed on speaking no word,--the measured, musical plash of the oars through the smooth, dark olive-green water alone breaking the stillness around them.
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading When they could no longer perceive him they still rowed on speaking no word,--the measured, musical plash of the oars through the smooth, dark olive-green water alone breaking the stillness around them.
Non
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
now
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
oars
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From this reading When they could no longer perceive him they still rowed on speaking no word,--the measured, musical plash of the oars through the smooth, dark olive-green water alone breaking the stillness around them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Old Gueldmar stood on the edge of his little pier to watch them out of sight.
Old
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From this reading Old Gueldmar stood on the edge of his little pier to watch them out of sight.
olive-green
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From this reading When they could no longer perceive him they still rowed on speaking no word,--the measured, musical plash of the oars through the smooth, dark olive-green water alone breaking the stillness around them.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Old Gueldmar stood on the edge of his little pier to watch them out of sight.
out
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From this reading Old Gueldmar stood on the edge of his little pier to watch them out of sight.
outlined
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
perceive
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From this reading When they could no longer perceive him they still rowed on speaking no word,--the measured, musical plash of the oars through the smooth, dark olive-green water alone breaking the stillness around them.
picturesque
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
pier
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From this reading Old Gueldmar stood on the edge of his little pier to watch them out of sight.
pink
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
plash
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From this reading When they could no longer perceive him they still rowed on speaking no word,--the measured, musical plash of the oars through the smooth, dark olive-green water alone breaking the stillness around them.
played
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
Popolari
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
possa
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
protecting
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
pullednounUS /pulled/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
purple
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
ravines
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
Rime
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
rock
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
rose
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
rowed
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From this reading When they could no longer perceive him they still rowed on speaking no word,--the measured, musical plash of the oars through the smooth, dark olive-green water alone breaking the stillness around them.
saw
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
sent
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
shadows
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
shapes
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
sharp
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
shell
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
sight
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From this reading Old Gueldmar stood on the edge of his little pier to watch them out of sight.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
silvery
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
sky
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
smooth
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From this reading When they could no longer perceive him they still rowed on speaking no word,--the measured, musical plash of the oars through the smooth, dark olive-green water alone breaking the stillness around them.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
softly
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
Solo
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
some
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
sorrowful
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
sort
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
speaking
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From this reading When they could no longer perceive him they still rowed on speaking no word,--the measured, musical plash of the oars through the smooth, dark olive-green water alone breaking the stillness around them.
spina
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
spirits
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When they could no longer perceive him they still rowed on speaking no word,--the measured, musical plash of the oars through the smooth, dark olive-green water alone breaking the stillness around them.
stillness
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From this reading When they could no longer perceive him they still rowed on speaking no word,--the measured, musical plash of the oars through the smooth, dark olive-green water alone breaking the stillness around them.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Old Gueldmar stood on the edge of his little pier to watch them out of sight.
sua
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
summits
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
surrounding
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
tenderly
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Old Gueldmar stood on the edge of his little pier to watch them out of sight.
There
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When they could no longer perceive him they still rowed on speaking no word,--the measured, musical plash of the oars through the smooth, dark olive-green water alone breaking the stillness around them.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Old Gueldmar stood on the edge of his little pier to watch them out of sight.
turned
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
una
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From this reading "In mezzo del mio core c' e una spina; Non c' e barbier che la possa levare,-- Solo il mio amore colla sua manina" _Rime Popolari._ Errington and Lorimer pulled away across the Fjord in a silence that lasted for many minutes.
up
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
valleys
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
view
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From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
wandering
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
watch
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From this reading Old Gueldmar stood on the edge of his little pier to watch them out of sight.
water
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From this reading When they could no longer perceive him they still rowed on speaking no word,--the measured, musical plash of the oars through the smooth, dark olive-green water alone breaking the stillness around them.
waves
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
western
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When they could no longer perceive him they still rowed on speaking no word,--the measured, musical plash of the oars through the smooth, dark olive-green water alone breaking the stillness around them.
winding
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading So, till their boat turned the sharp corner of the protecting rock, that hid the landing-place from view, they saw his picturesque figure and gleaming silvery hair outlined clearly against the background of the sky--a sky now tenderly flushed with pink like the inside of a delicate shell.
word
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From this reading When they could no longer perceive him they still rowed on speaking no word,--the measured, musical plash of the oars through the smooth, dark olive-green water alone breaking the stillness around them.
wrinkling
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From this reading There was a curious sort of hushed breathlessness in the air; fantastic, dream-like lights and shadows played on the little wrinkling waves; sudden flushes of crimson came and went in the western horizon, and over the high summits of the surrounding mountains mysterious shapes, formed of purple and grey mist, rose up and crept softly downwards, winding in and out deep valleys and dark ravines, like wandering spirits sent on some secret and sorrowful errand.
