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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 Man as I was, I knew intuitively that she was dressed with a perfection far beyond my powers of description.
all
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From this reading The partly revealed face wore an expression of childlike simplicity and innocence, with all of a mature woman’s exquisite beauty.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The partly revealed face wore an expression of childlike simplicity and innocence, with all of a mature woman’s exquisite beauty.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
animated
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From this reading No frowns now marred that smooth brow; the daintily chiseled lips were animated by a smile of supreme loveliness.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
approaching
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From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Man as I was, I knew intuitively that she was dressed with a perfection far beyond my powers of description.
assert
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From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
beauty
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From this reading The partly revealed face wore an expression of childlike simplicity and innocence, with all of a mature woman’s exquisite beauty.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “What a perfectly enchanting night!” she cried, as she came to a standstill before us.
beheld
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From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Man as I was, I knew intuitively that she was dressed with a perfection far beyond my powers of description.
brow
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From this reading No frowns now marred that smooth brow; the daintily chiseled lips were animated by a smile of supreme loveliness.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading No frowns now marred that smooth brow; the daintily chiseled lips were animated by a smile of supreme loveliness.
came
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From this reading “What a perfectly enchanting night!” she cried, as she came to a standstill before us.
childlike
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From this reading The partly revealed face wore an expression of childlike simplicity and innocence, with all of a mature woman’s exquisite beauty.
chiseled
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From this reading No frowns now marred that smooth brow; the daintily chiseled lips were animated by a smile of supreme loveliness.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “What a perfectly enchanting night!” she cried, as she came to a standstill before us.
daintily
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From this reading No frowns now marred that smooth brow; the daintily chiseled lips were animated by a smile of supreme loveliness.
description
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From this reading Man as I was, I knew intuitively that she was dressed with a perfection far beyond my powers of description.
dressed
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From this reading Man as I was, I knew intuitively that she was dressed with a perfection far beyond my powers of description.
due
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From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
enchanting
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From this reading “What a perfectly enchanting night!” she cried, as she came to a standstill before us.
expression
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From this reading The partly revealed face wore an expression of childlike simplicity and innocence, with all of a mature woman’s exquisite beauty.
exquisite
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From this reading The partly revealed face wore an expression of childlike simplicity and innocence, with all of a mature woman’s exquisite beauty.
face
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From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
far
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From this reading Man as I was, I knew intuitively that she was dressed with a perfection far beyond my powers of description.
figure
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From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
frowns
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From this reading No frowns now marred that smooth brow; the daintily chiseled lips were animated by a smile of supreme loveliness.
full
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From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
graceful
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From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
innocence
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From this reading The partly revealed face wore an expression of childlike simplicity and innocence, with all of a mature woman’s exquisite beauty.
intuitively
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From this reading Man as I was, I knew intuitively that she was dressed with a perfection far beyond my powers of description.
knew
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From this reading Man as I was, I knew intuitively that she was dressed with a perfection far beyond my powers of description.
lips
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From this reading No frowns now marred that smooth brow; the daintily chiseled lips were animated by a smile of supreme loveliness.
loveliness
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From this reading No frowns now marred that smooth brow; the daintily chiseled lips were animated by a smile of supreme loveliness.
lovers
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From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
Man
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From this reading Man as I was, I knew intuitively that she was dressed with a perfection far beyond my powers of description.
marred
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From this reading No frowns now marred that smooth brow; the daintily chiseled lips were animated by a smile of supreme loveliness.
mature
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From this reading The partly revealed face wore an expression of childlike simplicity and innocence, with all of a mature woman’s exquisite beauty.
moon
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From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
more
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From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Man as I was, I knew intuitively that she was dressed with a perfection far beyond my powers of description.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
night
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From this reading “What a perfectly enchanting night!” she cried, as she came to a standstill before us.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No frowns now marred that smooth brow; the daintily chiseled lips were animated by a smile of supreme loveliness.
now
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From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
old
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From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
partly
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From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
perfection
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From this reading Man as I was, I knew intuitively that she was dressed with a perfection far beyond my powers of description.
perfectly
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From this reading “What a perfectly enchanting night!” she cried, as she came to a standstill before us.
powersnounUS /powers/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Man as I was, I knew intuitively that she was dressed with a perfection far beyond my powers of description.
revealed
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From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
sailing
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From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
satellite
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From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Man as I was, I knew intuitively that she was dressed with a perfection far beyond my powers of description.
shone
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From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
side
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From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
simplicity
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From this reading The partly revealed face wore an expression of childlike simplicity and innocence, with all of a mature woman’s exquisite beauty.
smile
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From this reading No frowns now marred that smooth brow; the daintily chiseled lips were animated by a smile of supreme loveliness.
smooth
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From this reading No frowns now marred that smooth brow; the daintily chiseled lips were animated by a smile of supreme loveliness.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
standstill
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From this reading “What a perfectly enchanting night!” she cried, as she came to a standstill before us.
supreme
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From this reading No frowns now marred that smooth brow; the daintily chiseled lips were animated by a smile of supreme loveliness.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
venture
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From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
vision
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From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Man as I was, I knew intuitively that she was dressed with a perfection far beyond my powers of description.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
west
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From this reading We were sailing due west, so that the full moon partly revealed the side face of the figure approaching us, and I venture to assert that the old moon, satellite of lovers, never shone upon anything more graceful than the vision we now beheld.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What a perfectly enchanting night!” she cried, as she came to a standstill before us.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Man as I was, I knew intuitively that she was dressed with a perfection far beyond my powers of description.
woman's
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From this reading The partly revealed face wore an expression of childlike simplicity and innocence, with all of a mature woman’s exquisite beauty.
wore
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From this reading The partly revealed face wore an expression of childlike simplicity and innocence, with all of a mature woman’s exquisite beauty.
