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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 When the red rim of the sun showed like a fire between the trunks of the pines came my Lord Carnal, and with him Master Pory and Dr. Lawrence Bohun.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Early morning found us together again in the field behind the church.
air
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From this reading We had not long to wait in the chill air and dew-drenched grass.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
arrival
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From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Early morning found us together again in the field behind the church.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading When the red rim of the sun showed like a fire between the trunks of the pines came my Lord Carnal, and with him Master Pory and Dr. Lawrence Bohun.
boat
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From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
Bohun
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From this reading When the red rim of the sun showed like a fire between the trunks of the pines came my Lord Carnal, and with him Master Pory and Dr. Lawrence Bohun.
bowed
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From this reading My lord and I bowed to each other profoundly.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
came
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From this reading When the red rim of the sun showed like a fire between the trunks of the pines came my Lord Carnal, and with him Master Pory and Dr. Lawrence Bohun.
Carnal
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From this reading When the red rim of the sun showed like a fire between the trunks of the pines came my Lord Carnal, and with him Master Pory and Dr. Lawrence Bohun.
chill
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From this reading We had not long to wait in the chill air and dew-drenched grass.
church
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From this reading Early morning found us together again in the field behind the church.
coming
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From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
day
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From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
dew-drenched
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From this reading We had not long to wait in the chill air and dew-drenched grass.
down
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From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
Dr
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From this reading When the red rim of the sun showed like a fire between the trunks of the pines came my Lord Carnal, and with him Master Pory and Dr. Lawrence Bohun.
dusk
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From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading My lord and I bowed to each other profoundly.
Early
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From this reading Early morning found us together again in the field behind the church.
field
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From this reading Early morning found us together again in the field behind the church.
fire
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From this reading When the red rim of the sun showed like a fire between the trunks of the pines came my Lord Carnal, and with him Master Pory and Dr. Lawrence Bohun.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Early morning found us together again in the field behind the church.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
gone
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From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
grass
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From this reading We had not long to wait in the chill air and dew-drenched grass.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
Lawrence
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From this reading When the red rim of the sun showed like a fire between the trunks of the pines came my Lord Carnal, and with him Master Pory and Dr. Lawrence Bohun.
like
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From this reading When the red rim of the sun showed like a fire between the trunks of the pines came my Lord Carnal, and with him Master Pory and Dr. Lawrence Bohun.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We had not long to wait in the chill air and dew-drenched grass.
Lord
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From this reading When the red rim of the sun showed like a fire between the trunks of the pines came my Lord Carnal, and with him Master Pory and Dr. Lawrence Bohun.
Master
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From this reading When the red rim of the sun showed like a fire between the trunks of the pines came my Lord Carnal, and with him Master Pory and Dr. Lawrence Bohun.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Early morning found us together again in the field behind the church.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading When the red rim of the sun showed like a fire between the trunks of the pines came my Lord Carnal, and with him Master Pory and Dr. Lawrence Bohun.
night
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From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We had not long to wait in the chill air and dew-drenched grass.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
other
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From this reading My lord and I bowed to each other profoundly.
pines
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From this reading When the red rim of the sun showed like a fire between the trunks of the pines came my Lord Carnal, and with him Master Pory and Dr. Lawrence Bohun.
Pory
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From this reading When the red rim of the sun showed like a fire between the trunks of the pines came my Lord Carnal, and with him Master Pory and Dr. Lawrence Bohun.
profoundly
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From this reading My lord and I bowed to each other profoundly.
reached
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From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
red
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From this reading When the red rim of the sun showed like a fire between the trunks of the pines came my Lord Carnal, and with him Master Pory and Dr. Lawrence Bohun.
rim
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From this reading When the red rim of the sun showed like a fire between the trunks of the pines came my Lord Carnal, and with him Master Pory and Dr. Lawrence Bohun.
ROLFE
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From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
Santa
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From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
seen
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From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
showed
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From this reading When the red rim of the sun showed like a fire between the trunks of the pines came my Lord Carnal, and with him Master Pory and Dr. Lawrence Bohun.
slept
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From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
sun
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From this reading When the red rim of the sun showed like a fire between the trunks of the pines came my Lord Carnal, and with him Master Pory and Dr. Lawrence Bohun.
Teresa
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From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
together
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From this reading Early morning found us together again in the field behind the church.
town
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From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
trunks
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From this reading When the red rim of the sun showed like a fire between the trunks of the pines came my Lord Carnal, and with him Master Pory and Dr. Lawrence Bohun.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Early morning found us together again in the field behind the church.
Varina
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From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
wait
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From this reading We had not long to wait in the chill air and dew-drenched grass.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We had not long to wait in the chill air and dew-drenched grass.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When the red rim of the sun showed like a fire between the trunks of the pines came my Lord Carnal, and with him Master Pory and Dr. Lawrence Bohun.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading ROLFE coming down by boat from Varina, had reached the town in the dusk of that day which had seen the arrival of the Santa Teresa, and I had gone to him before I slept that night.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading When the red rim of the sun showed like a fire between the trunks of the pines came my Lord Carnal, and with him Master Pory and Dr. Lawrence Bohun.
