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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 A gold-bound volume of Shelley, with his name on the fly-leaf, lay in her lap.
All
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From this reading All morning she had gazed on the shining reaches of the Hudson, their colour deepening to blue as she neared the sea.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And two lines she repeated softly to herself--two lines that held a vision:
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading All morning she had gazed on the shining reaches of the Hudson, their colour deepening to blue as she neared the sea.
became
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From this reading She summoned him out of the chaos of the past, and the past became the present, and he stood before her as though in the flesh.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She summoned him out of the chaos of the past, and the past became the present, and he stood before her as though in the flesh.
blue
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From this reading All morning she had gazed on the shining reaches of the Hudson, their colour deepening to blue as she neared the sea.
chaos
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From this reading She summoned him out of the chaos of the past, and the past became the present, and he stood before her as though in the flesh.
colour
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From this reading All morning she had gazed on the shining reaches of the Hudson, their colour deepening to blue as she neared the sea.
deepening
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From this reading All morning she had gazed on the shining reaches of the Hudson, their colour deepening to blue as she neared the sea.
fierce
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From this reading "He was as the sun in his fierce youth, As terrible and lovely as a tempest;"
flesh
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From this reading She summoned him out of the chaos of the past, and the past became the present, and he stood before her as though in the flesh.
fly-leaf
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From this reading A gold-bound volume of Shelley, with his name on the fly-leaf, lay in her lap.
gazed
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From this reading All morning she had gazed on the shining reaches of the Hudson, their colour deepening to blue as she neared the sea.
gold-bound
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From this reading A gold-bound volume of Shelley, with his name on the fly-leaf, lay in her lap.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All morning she had gazed on the shining reaches of the Hudson, their colour deepening to blue as she neared the sea.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He was as the sun in his fierce youth, As terrible and lovely as a tempest;"
held
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From this reading And two lines she repeated softly to herself--two lines that held a vision:
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A gold-bound volume of Shelley, with his name on the fly-leaf, lay in her lap.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading And two lines she repeated softly to herself--two lines that held a vision:
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She summoned him out of the chaos of the past, and the past became the present, and he stood before her as though in the flesh.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A gold-bound volume of Shelley, with his name on the fly-leaf, lay in her lap.
Hudson
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From this reading All morning she had gazed on the shining reaches of the Hudson, their colour deepening to blue as she neared the sea.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A gold-bound volume of Shelley, with his name on the fly-leaf, lay in her lap.
lap
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From this reading A gold-bound volume of Shelley, with his name on the fly-leaf, lay in her lap.
lay
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From this reading A gold-bound volume of Shelley, with his name on the fly-leaf, lay in her lap.
lines
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From this reading And two lines she repeated softly to herself--two lines that held a vision:
lovely
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From this reading "He was as the sun in his fierce youth, As terrible and lovely as a tempest;"
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All morning she had gazed on the shining reaches of the Hudson, their colour deepening to blue as she neared the sea.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A gold-bound volume of Shelley, with his name on the fly-leaf, lay in her lap.
neared
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From this reading All morning she had gazed on the shining reaches of the Hudson, their colour deepening to blue as she neared the sea.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All morning she had gazed on the shining reaches of the Hudson, their colour deepening to blue as she neared the sea.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading All morning she had gazed on the shining reaches of the Hudson, their colour deepening to blue as she neared the sea.
out
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From this reading She summoned him out of the chaos of the past, and the past became the present, and he stood before her as though in the flesh.
past
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From this reading She summoned him out of the chaos of the past, and the past became the present, and he stood before her as though in the flesh.
present
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From this reading She summoned him out of the chaos of the past, and the past became the present, and he stood before her as though in the flesh.
reaches
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From this reading All morning she had gazed on the shining reaches of the Hudson, their colour deepening to blue as she neared the sea.
repeatednounUS /repeated/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And two lines she repeated softly to herself--two lines that held a vision:
sea
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From this reading All morning she had gazed on the shining reaches of the Hudson, their colour deepening to blue as she neared the sea.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All morning she had gazed on the shining reaches of the Hudson, their colour deepening to blue as she neared the sea.
Shelley
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From this reading A gold-bound volume of Shelley, with his name on the fly-leaf, lay in her lap.
shining
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From this reading All morning she had gazed on the shining reaches of the Hudson, their colour deepening to blue as she neared the sea.
softly
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From this reading And two lines she repeated softly to herself--two lines that held a vision:
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She summoned him out of the chaos of the past, and the past became the present, and he stood before her as though in the flesh.
summoned
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From this reading She summoned him out of the chaos of the past, and the past became the present, and he stood before her as though in the flesh.
sun
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From this reading "He was as the sun in his fierce youth, As terrible and lovely as a tempest;"
tempest
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From this reading "He was as the sun in his fierce youth, As terrible and lovely as a tempest;"
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "He was as the sun in his fierce youth, As terrible and lovely as a tempest;"
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And two lines she repeated softly to herself--two lines that held a vision:
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All morning she had gazed on the shining reaches of the Hudson, their colour deepening to blue as she neared the sea.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading All morning she had gazed on the shining reaches of the Hudson, their colour deepening to blue as she neared the sea.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading She summoned him out of the chaos of the past, and the past became the present, and he stood before her as though in the flesh.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All morning she had gazed on the shining reaches of the Hudson, their colour deepening to blue as she neared the sea.
two
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From this reading And two lines she repeated softly to herself--two lines that held a vision:
vision
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From this reading And two lines she repeated softly to herself--two lines that held a vision:
volume
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From this reading A gold-bound volume of Shelley, with his name on the fly-leaf, lay in her lap.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "He was as the sun in his fierce youth, As terrible and lovely as a tempest;"
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A gold-bound volume of Shelley, with his name on the fly-leaf, lay in her lap.
youth
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From this reading "He was as the sun in his fierce youth, As terrible and lovely as a tempest;"
