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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 More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
abandoned
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From this reading It is a stranger, an outcast; a man lost, dishonoured, abandoned--it is the solitary and ruined Ulpius who now gazes with indifferent eyes upon the peaceful garden and the eloquent grave.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading But it is not Antonina, whom he loved; it is not Goisvintha, through whose vengeance he was lost, who now looks upon the earth above the young warrior's corpse.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It is a stranger, an outcast; a man lost, dishonoured, abandoned--it is the solitary and ruined Ulpius who now gazes with indifferent eyes upon the peaceful garden and the eloquent grave.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Not long is the new-made grave left unwatched to the solemn guardianship of Solitude and Night.
Antonina
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From this reading But it is not Antonina, whom he loved; it is not Goisvintha, through whose vengeance he was lost, who now looks upon the earth above the young warrior's corpse.
attentively
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From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it is not Antonina, whom he loved; it is not Goisvintha, through whose vengeance he was lost, who now looks upon the earth above the young warrior's corpse.
corpse
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From this reading But it is not Antonina, whom he loved; it is not Goisvintha, through whose vengeance he was lost, who now looks upon the earth above the young warrior's corpse.
dishonoured
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From this reading It is a stranger, an outcast; a man lost, dishonoured, abandoned--it is the solitary and ruined Ulpius who now gazes with indifferent eyes upon the peaceful garden and the eloquent grave.
dug
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From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
earth
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From this reading But it is not Antonina, whom he loved; it is not Goisvintha, through whose vengeance he was lost, who now looks upon the earth above the young warrior's corpse.
elapsed
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From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
eloquent
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From this reading It is a stranger, an outcast; a man lost, dishonoured, abandoned--it is the solitary and ruined Ulpius who now gazes with indifferent eyes upon the peaceful garden and the eloquent grave.
eyes
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From this reading It is a stranger, an outcast; a man lost, dishonoured, abandoned--it is the solitary and ruined Ulpius who now gazes with indifferent eyes upon the peaceful garden and the eloquent grave.
few
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From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
footsteps
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From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
garden
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From this reading It is a stranger, an outcast; a man lost, dishonoured, abandoned--it is the solitary and ruined Ulpius who now gazes with indifferent eyes upon the peaceful garden and the eloquent grave.
gazes
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From this reading It is a stranger, an outcast; a man lost, dishonoured, abandoned--it is the solitary and ruined Ulpius who now gazes with indifferent eyes upon the peaceful garden and the eloquent grave.
glance
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From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
Goisvintha
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From this reading But it is not Antonina, whom he loved; it is not Goisvintha, through whose vengeance he was lost, who now looks upon the earth above the young warrior's corpse.
grave
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From this reading Not long is the new-made grave left unwatched to the solemn guardianship of Solitude and Night.
GUARDIAN
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From this reading THE GUARDIAN RESTORED.
guardianship
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From this reading Not long is the new-made grave left unwatched to the solemn guardianship of Solitude and Night.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But it is not Antonina, whom he loved; it is not Goisvintha, through whose vengeance he was lost, who now looks upon the earth above the young warrior's corpse.
homely
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From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
human
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From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
indifferent
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From this reading It is a stranger, an outcast; a man lost, dishonoured, abandoned--it is the solitary and ruined Ulpius who now gazes with indifferent eyes upon the peaceful garden and the eloquent grave.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Not long is the new-made grave left unwatched to the solemn guardianship of Solitude and Night.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not long is the new-made grave left unwatched to the solemn guardianship of Solitude and Night.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not long is the new-made grave left unwatched to the solemn guardianship of Solitude and Night.
looks
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From this reading But it is not Antonina, whom he loved; it is not Goisvintha, through whose vengeance he was lost, who now looks upon the earth above the young warrior's corpse.
lost
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From this reading But it is not Antonina, whom he loved; it is not Goisvintha, through whose vengeance he was lost, who now looks upon the earth above the young warrior's corpse.
loved
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From this reading But it is not Antonina, whom he loved; it is not Goisvintha, through whose vengeance he was lost, who now looks upon the earth above the young warrior's corpse.
man
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From this reading It is a stranger, an outcast; a man lost, dishonoured, abandoned--it is the solitary and ruined Ulpius who now gazes with indifferent eyes upon the peaceful garden and the eloquent grave.
minutes
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From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
More
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From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
mound
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From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
new-made
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From this reading Not long is the new-made grave left unwatched to the solemn guardianship of Solitude and Night.
Night
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From this reading Not long is the new-made grave left unwatched to the solemn guardianship of Solitude and Night.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not long is the new-made grave left unwatched to the solemn guardianship of Solitude and Night.
now
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From this reading But it is not Antonina, whom he loved; it is not Goisvintha, through whose vengeance he was lost, who now looks upon the earth above the young warrior's corpse.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Not long is the new-made grave left unwatched to the solemn guardianship of Solitude and Night.
outcast
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From this reading It is a stranger, an outcast; a man lost, dishonoured, abandoned--it is the solitary and ruined Ulpius who now gazes with indifferent eyes upon the peaceful garden and the eloquent grave.
peaceful
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From this reading It is a stranger, an outcast; a man lost, dishonoured, abandoned--it is the solitary and ruined Ulpius who now gazes with indifferent eyes upon the peaceful garden and the eloquent grave.
press
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From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
RESTORED
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From this reading THE GUARDIAN RESTORED.
ruined
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From this reading It is a stranger, an outcast; a man lost, dishonoured, abandoned--it is the solitary and ruined Ulpius who now gazes with indifferent eyes upon the peaceful garden and the eloquent grave.
scans
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From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
scarcely
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From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
small
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From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
solemn
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From this reading Not long is the new-made grave left unwatched to the solemn guardianship of Solitude and Night.
solitary
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From this reading It is a stranger, an outcast; a man lost, dishonoured, abandoned--it is the solitary and ruined Ulpius who now gazes with indifferent eyes upon the peaceful garden and the eloquent grave.
Solitude
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From this reading Not long is the new-made grave left unwatched to the solemn guardianship of Solitude and Night.
stranger
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From this reading It is a stranger, an outcast; a man lost, dishonoured, abandoned--it is the solitary and ruined Ulpius who now gazes with indifferent eyes upon the peaceful garden and the eloquent grave.
surface
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From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GUARDIAN RESTORED.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But it is not Antonina, whom he loved; it is not Goisvintha, through whose vengeance he was lost, who now looks upon the earth above the young warrior's corpse.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Not long is the new-made grave left unwatched to the solemn guardianship of Solitude and Night.
Ulpius
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From this reading It is a stranger, an outcast; a man lost, dishonoured, abandoned--it is the solitary and ruined Ulpius who now gazes with indifferent eyes upon the peaceful garden and the eloquent grave.
unwatched
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From this reading Not long is the new-made grave left unwatched to the solemn guardianship of Solitude and Night.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading But it is not Antonina, whom he loved; it is not Goisvintha, through whose vengeance he was lost, who now looks upon the earth above the young warrior's corpse.
vengeance
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From this reading But it is not Antonina, whom he loved; it is not Goisvintha, through whose vengeance he was lost, who now looks upon the earth above the young warrior's corpse.
warrior's
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From this reading But it is not Antonina, whom he loved; it is not Goisvintha, through whose vengeance he was lost, who now looks upon the earth above the young warrior's corpse.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading But it is not Antonina, whom he loved; it is not Goisvintha, through whose vengeance he was lost, who now looks upon the earth above the young warrior's corpse.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But it is not Antonina, whom he loved; it is not Goisvintha, through whose vengeance he was lost, who now looks upon the earth above the young warrior's corpse.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading But it is not Antonina, whom he loved; it is not Goisvintha, through whose vengeance he was lost, who now looks upon the earth above the young warrior's corpse.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It is a stranger, an outcast; a man lost, dishonoured, abandoned--it is the solitary and ruined Ulpius who now gazes with indifferent eyes upon the peaceful garden and the eloquent grave.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
yielding
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From this reading More than a few minutes have scarcely elapsed since it was dug, yet already human footsteps press its yielding surface, and a human glance scans attentively its small and homely mound.
young
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From this reading But it is not Antonina, whom he loved; it is not Goisvintha, through whose vengeance he was lost, who now looks upon the earth above the young warrior's corpse.
