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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 Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
amethyst
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
ARABIC
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From this reading “_Tyrannical, cheating, of ill omen._”—ARABIC PROVERB.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The overpowering heat of the day had given place to the lesser heat of early evening as the sun sank behind the western edge of the mountain ring.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The overpowering heat of the day had given place to the lesser heat of early evening as the sun sank behind the western edge of the mountain ring.
big
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From this reading Those opposite the steps down which Zarah would have to pass sat with knees to chin, placidly chewing _kaat_ or smoking red or black _sebel_ and longer pipes with big, open bowl.
black
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From this reading Those opposite the steps down which Zarah would have to pass sat with knees to chin, placidly chewing _kaat_ or smoking red or black _sebel_ and longer pipes with big, open bowl.
blessed
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From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
blue
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From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
blue-black
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
bowl
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breeze
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From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
browns
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
canopynounUS /ˈkæn.ə.pi/
An overhead roof or structure, such as the high vaulted ceiling of an ancient library.
From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
cheating
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From this reading “_Tyrannical, cheating, of ill omen._”—ARABIC PROVERB.
chewing
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From this reading Those opposite the steps down which Zarah would have to pass sat with knees to chin, placidly chewing _kaat_ or smoking red or black _sebel_ and longer pipes with big, open bowl.
chin
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From this reading Those opposite the steps down which Zarah would have to pass sat with knees to chin, placidly chewing _kaat_ or smoking red or black _sebel_ and longer pipes with big, open bowl.
clouds
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From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
crimson
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From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
crowned
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
day
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From this reading The overpowering heat of the day had given place to the lesser heat of early evening as the sun sank behind the western edge of the mountain ring.
deepest
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From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
down
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From this reading Those opposite the steps down which Zarah would have to pass sat with knees to chin, placidly chewing _kaat_ or smoking red or black _sebel_ and longer pipes with big, open bowl.
early
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From this reading The overpowering heat of the day had given place to the lesser heat of early evening as the sun sank behind the western edge of the mountain ring.
edge
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From this reading The overpowering heat of the day had given place to the lesser heat of early evening as the sun sank behind the western edge of the mountain ring.
evening
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From this reading The overpowering heat of the day had given place to the lesser heat of early evening as the sun sank behind the western edge of the mountain ring.
faintly
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From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
flicker
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
flower-pot
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
foundation
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
gentle
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From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
given
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From this reading The overpowering heat of the day had given place to the lesser heat of early evening as the sun sank behind the western edge of the mountain ring.
golden
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From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
gorgeous
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From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
green
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
grey
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
ground
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From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The overpowering heat of the day had given place to the lesser heat of early evening as the sun sank behind the western edge of the mountain ring.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Those opposite the steps down which Zarah would have to pass sat with knees to chin, placidly chewing _kaat_ or smoking red or black _sebel_ and longer pipes with big, open bowl.
heads
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From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
heat
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From this reading The overpowering heat of the day had given place to the lesser heat of early evening as the sun sank behind the western edge of the mountain ring.
ill
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From this reading “_Tyrannical, cheating, of ill omen._”—ARABIC PROVERB.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
incline
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From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
inside
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
interior
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
kaat
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From this reading Those opposite the steps down which Zarah would have to pass sat with knees to chin, placidly chewing _kaat_ or smoking red or black _sebel_ and longer pipes with big, open bowl.
knees
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From this reading Those opposite the steps down which Zarah would have to pass sat with knees to chin, placidly chewing _kaat_ or smoking red or black _sebel_ and longer pipes with big, open bowl.
lesser
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From this reading The overpowering heat of the day had given place to the lesser heat of early evening as the sun sank behind the western edge of the mountain ring.
like
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
longer
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From this reading Those opposite the steps down which Zarah would have to pass sat with knees to chin, placidly chewing _kaat_ or smoking red or black _sebel_ and longer pipes with big, open bowl.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
meltingnounUS /ˈmelting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
men
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From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
mountain
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From this reading The overpowering heat of the day had given place to the lesser heat of early evening as the sun sank behind the western edge of the mountain ring.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “_Tyrannical, cheating, of ill omen._”—ARABIC PROVERB.
omen
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From this reading “_Tyrannical, cheating, of ill omen._”—ARABIC PROVERB.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Those opposite the steps down which Zarah would have to pass sat with knees to chin, placidly chewing _kaat_ or smoking red or black _sebel_ and longer pipes with big, open bowl.
opposite
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From this reading Those opposite the steps down which Zarah would have to pass sat with knees to chin, placidly chewing _kaat_ or smoking red or black _sebel_ and longer pipes with big, open bowl.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
overpowering
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From this reading The overpowering heat of the day had given place to the lesser heat of early evening as the sun sank behind the western edge of the mountain ring.
painted
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
pass
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From this reading Those opposite the steps down which Zarah would have to pass sat with knees to chin, placidly chewing _kaat_ or smoking red or black _sebel_ and longer pipes with big, open bowl.
peaks
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
pink
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From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
pipes
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From this reading Those opposite the steps down which Zarah would have to pass sat with knees to chin, placidly chewing _kaat_ or smoking red or black _sebel_ and longer pipes with big, open bowl.
place
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From this reading The overpowering heat of the day had given place to the lesser heat of early evening as the sun sank behind the western edge of the mountain ring.
placidly
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From this reading Those opposite the steps down which Zarah would have to pass sat with knees to chin, placidly chewing _kaat_ or smoking red or black _sebel_ and longer pipes with big, open bowl.
plateaunounUS /plateau/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
PROVERB
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From this reading “_Tyrannical, cheating, of ill omen._”—ARABIC PROVERB.
purple
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
radiated
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
red
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From this reading Those opposite the steps down which Zarah would have to pass sat with knees to chin, placidly chewing _kaat_ or smoking red or black _sebel_ and longer pipes with big, open bowl.
reds
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
richest
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
ring
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From this reading The overpowering heat of the day had given place to the lesser heat of early evening as the sun sank behind the western edge of the mountain ring.
rising
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From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
rock
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
rose
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
rough-edged
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
saffron
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
sailed
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From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
sank
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From this reading The overpowering heat of the day had given place to the lesser heat of early evening as the sun sank behind the western edge of the mountain ring.
sat
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From this reading Those opposite the steps down which Zarah would have to pass sat with knees to chin, placidly chewing _kaat_ or smoking red or black _sebel_ and longer pipes with big, open bowl.
seated
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From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
sebel
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From this reading Those opposite the steps down which Zarah would have to pass sat with knees to chin, placidly chewing _kaat_ or smoking red or black _sebel_ and longer pipes with big, open bowl.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
serenely
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From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
sides
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
sky
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From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
smokingnounUS /ˈsmoking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Those opposite the steps down which Zarah would have to pass sat with knees to chin, placidly chewing _kaat_ or smoking red or black _sebel_ and longer pipes with big, open bowl.
some
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
steps
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From this reading Those opposite the steps down which Zarah would have to pass sat with knees to chin, placidly chewing _kaat_ or smoking red or black _sebel_ and longer pipes with big, open bowl.
stirred
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From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
stretched
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From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
sun
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From this reading The overpowering heat of the day had given place to the lesser heat of early evening as the sun sank behind the western edge of the mountain ring.
sun-scorched
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
terrific
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The overpowering heat of the day had given place to the lesser heat of early evening as the sun sank behind the western edge of the mountain ring.
ThosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those opposite the steps down which Zarah would have to pass sat with knees to chin, placidly chewing _kaat_ or smoking red or black _sebel_ and longer pipes with big, open bowl.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The overpowering heat of the day had given place to the lesser heat of early evening as the sun sank behind the western edge of the mountain ring.
topaz
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From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
Tyrannical
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From this reading “_Tyrannical, cheating, of ill omen._”—ARABIC PROVERB.
up
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From this reading Little golden, pink and crimson clouds, faintly stirred by the blessed evening breeze, sailed serenely across a sky of deepest blue which stretched, a gorgeous canopy, above the heads of the men seated on the ground or up the gentle incline rising from the plateau.
western
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From this reading The overpowering heat of the day had given place to the lesser heat of early evening as the sun sank behind the western edge of the mountain ring.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The interior of the ring looked like the inside of some rough-edged, painted flower-pot, with grey, purple, blue-black foundation and sides of green and richest reds and browns, melting to saffron, topaz, amethyst and rose, crowned by great peaks which seemed to flicker in the terrific heat radiated by the sun-scorched rock.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Those opposite the steps down which Zarah would have to pass sat with knees to chin, placidly chewing _kaat_ or smoking red or black _sebel_ and longer pipes with big, open bowl.
Zarah
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From this reading Those opposite the steps down which Zarah would have to pass sat with knees to chin, placidly chewing _kaat_ or smoking red or black _sebel_ and longer pipes with big, open bowl.
