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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 DREAMS AND REALITIES Rufus Sterne awoke next morning with a feeling of buoyancy and hopefulness such as he had never before experienced.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading DREAMS AND REALITIES Rufus Sterne awoke next morning with a feeling of buoyancy and hopefulness such as he had never before experienced.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading DREAMS AND REALITIES Rufus Sterne awoke next morning with a feeling of buoyancy and hopefulness such as he had never before experienced.
awoke
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From this reading DREAMS AND REALITIES Rufus Sterne awoke next morning with a feeling of buoyancy and hopefulness such as he had never before experienced.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading DREAMS AND REALITIES Rufus Sterne awoke next morning with a feeling of buoyancy and hopefulness such as he had never before experienced.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
brain
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
breakfast
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From this reading Mrs. Tuke, his landlady, laid his breakfast in silence.
brightly
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
buoyancy
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From this reading DREAMS AND REALITIES Rufus Sterne awoke next morning with a feeling of buoyancy and hopefulness such as he had never before experienced.
calling
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
chambers
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
chirruping
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
curious
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
DREAMS
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From this reading DREAMS AND REALITIES Rufus Sterne awoke next morning with a feeling of buoyancy and hopefulness such as he had never before experienced.
early
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
eaves
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
evening
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
experienced
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From this reading DREAMS AND REALITIES Rufus Sterne awoke next morning with a feeling of buoyancy and hopefulness such as he had never before experienced.
face
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From this reading On her face was a look of injured innocence or pained resignation.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
fashion
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading DREAMS AND REALITIES Rufus Sterne awoke next morning with a feeling of buoyancy and hopefulness such as he had never before experienced.
fishermen
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
fishing
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
furniture
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
gilding
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
gold
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
got
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading DREAMS AND REALITIES Rufus Sterne awoke next morning with a feeling of buoyancy and hopefulness such as he had never before experienced.
haunting
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading DREAMS AND REALITIES Rufus Sterne awoke next morning with a feeling of buoyancy and hopefulness such as he had never before experienced.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading On her face was a look of injured innocence or pained resignation.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was very rarely now that she spoke to him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
hopefulness
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From this reading DREAMS AND REALITIES Rufus Sterne awoke next morning with a feeling of buoyancy and hopefulness such as he had never before experienced.
house-sparrows
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
humble
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
identity
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
injured
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From this reading On her face was a look of injured innocence or pained resignation.
innocence
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From this reading On her face was a look of injured innocence or pained resignation.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was very rarely now that she spoke to him.
laid
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From this reading Mrs. Tuke, his landlady, laid his breakfast in silence.
landlady
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From this reading Mrs. Tuke, his landlady, laid his breakfast in silence.
lines
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On her face was a look of injured innocence or pained resignation.
Mackerel
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
mixedverbUS /mɪkst/
involved with or connected to
From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading DREAMS AND REALITIES Rufus Sterne awoke next morning with a feeling of buoyancy and hopefulness such as he had never before experienced.
Mrs
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From this reading Mrs. Tuke, his landlady, laid his breakfast in silence.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading DREAMS AND REALITIES Rufus Sterne awoke next morning with a feeling of buoyancy and hopefulness such as he had never before experienced.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading DREAMS AND REALITIES Rufus Sterne awoke next morning with a feeling of buoyancy and hopefulness such as he had never before experienced.
night's
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
noisily
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
now
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From this reading It was very rarely now that she spoke to him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading DREAMS AND REALITIES Rufus Sterne awoke next morning with a feeling of buoyancy and hopefulness such as he had never before experienced.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On her face was a look of injured innocence or pained resignation.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading On her face was a look of injured innocence or pained resignation.
own
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
pained
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From this reading On her face was a look of injured innocence or pained resignation.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
rarely
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From this reading It was very rarely now that she spoke to him.
REALITIES
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From this reading DREAMS AND REALITIES Rufus Sterne awoke next morning with a feeling of buoyancy and hopefulness such as he had never before experienced.
resignation
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From this reading On her face was a look of injured innocence or pained resignation.
room
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
Rufus
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From this reading DREAMS AND REALITIES Rufus Sterne awoke next morning with a feeling of buoyancy and hopefulness such as he had never before experienced.
seen
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was very rarely now that she spoke to him.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Mrs. Tuke, his landlady, laid his breakfast in silence.
some
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
spoke
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From this reading It was very rarely now that she spoke to him.
Sterne
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From this reading DREAMS AND REALITIES Rufus Sterne awoke next morning with a feeling of buoyancy and hopefulness such as he had never before experienced.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
stranger
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
streaming
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
street
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading DREAMS AND REALITIES Rufus Sterne awoke next morning with a feeling of buoyancy and hopefulness such as he had never before experienced.
sun
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was very rarely now that she spoke to him.
Tuke
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From this reading Mrs. Tuke, his landlady, laid his breakfast in silence.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
up
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
very
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From this reading It was very rarely now that she spoke to him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
whilstconjunctionUS /waɪlst/
an old and formal word for “while”
From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
winding
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
window
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From this reading The sun was streaming brightly through the little window and gilding the humble furniture of the room with thin lines of gold; the house-sparrows were chirruping noisily under the eaves; the fishermen, early in from their night's fishing, were calling "Mackerel" in the winding street below; whilst the memory of pleasant dreams was still haunting the chambers of his brain--dreams in which his own identity had got mixed up in some curious fashion with that of the fair stranger he had seen the evening before.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading DREAMS AND REALITIES Rufus Sterne awoke next morning with a feeling of buoyancy and hopefulness such as he had never before experienced.
