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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 He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
abruptly
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From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
all
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From this reading He had no eyes for the strange flower-transfiguration of the lately barren land,--all his interest was centered on the slender, graceful form of the mysterious Maiden.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
Angel
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From this reading Here surely was no Angel wanderer from unseen spheres!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
barren
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From this reading He had no eyes for the strange flower-transfiguration of the lately barren land,--all his interest was centered on the slender, graceful form of the mysterious Maiden.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
bent
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From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
bitter
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From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
blossoms
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From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
centered
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From this reading He had no eyes for the strange flower-transfiguration of the lately barren land,--all his interest was centered on the slender, graceful form of the mysterious Maiden.
checked
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From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
clad
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From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
closely
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From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
clungnounUS /clung/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
coming
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From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
disappointmentnounUS /ˈdisappointment/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
draperies
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From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
EDRIS
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From this reading GOD'S MAIDEN EDRIS.
eyes
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From this reading He had no eyes for the strange flower-transfiguration of the lately barren land,--all his interest was centered on the slender, graceful form of the mysterious Maiden.
few
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From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
figure
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From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
floating
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From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
flower-transfiguration
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From this reading He had no eyes for the strange flower-transfiguration of the lately barren land,--all his interest was centered on the slender, graceful form of the mysterious Maiden.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
form
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From this reading He had no eyes for the strange flower-transfiguration of the lately barren land,--all his interest was centered on the slender, graceful form of the mysterious Maiden.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Here surely was no Angel wanderer from unseen spheres!
girl
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From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
GOD'S
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From this reading GOD'S MAIDEN EDRIS.
graceful
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From this reading He had no eyes for the strange flower-transfiguration of the lately barren land,--all his interest was centered on the slender, graceful form of the mysterious Maiden.
gray
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From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had no eyes for the strange flower-transfiguration of the lately barren land,--all his interest was centered on the slender, graceful form of the mysterious Maiden.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
heart
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From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here surely was no Angel wanderer from unseen spheres!
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
interest
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From this reading He had no eyes for the strange flower-transfiguration of the lately barren land,--all his interest was centered on the slender, graceful form of the mysterious Maiden.
irrepressible
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From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
land
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From this reading He had no eyes for the strange flower-transfiguration of the lately barren land,--all his interest was centered on the slender, graceful form of the mysterious Maiden.
lately
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From this reading He had no eyes for the strange flower-transfiguration of the lately barren land,--all his interest was centered on the slender, graceful form of the mysterious Maiden.
MAIDENnoun, literaryUS /ˈmeɪdən/
a young woman who is not married
From this reading GOD'S MAIDEN EDRIS.
misty
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From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
more
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From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
moved
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From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading He had no eyes for the strange flower-transfiguration of the lately barren land,--all his interest was centered on the slender, graceful form of the mysterious Maiden.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Here surely was no Angel wanderer from unseen spheres!
noiseless
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From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
only
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From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
paces
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From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
pursued
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From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
ran
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sedately
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From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
sense
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From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
Shape
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From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
sinking
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From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
slender
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From this reading He had no eyes for the strange flower-transfiguration of the lately barren land,--all his interest was centered on the slender, graceful form of the mysterious Maiden.
slim
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From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
snow-white
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From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
softly
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From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
spheres
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From this reading Here surely was no Angel wanderer from unseen spheres!
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
strange
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From this reading He had no eyes for the strange flower-transfiguration of the lately barren land,--all his interest was centered on the slender, graceful form of the mysterious Maiden.
surely
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From this reading Here surely was no Angel wanderer from unseen spheres!
swiftly
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From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
then
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From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
trailed
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From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
tread
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From this reading ... only a girl, clad in floating gray draperies that clung softly to her slim figure, and trailed behind her as she moved sedately along through the snow-white blossoms that bent beneath her noiseless tread.
unseen
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From this reading Here surely was no Angel wanderer from unseen spheres!
view
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From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
wanderer
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From this reading Here surely was no Angel wanderer from unseen spheres!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Here surely was no Angel wanderer from unseen spheres!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He ran on swiftly for a few paces,--then coming more closely in view of the misty Shape he pursued, he checked himself abruptly and stood still, his heart sinking with a bitter and irrepressible sense of disappointment.
