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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 The sky had clouded again, and a keen northwest wind was blowing across the Haidplatz and waving the banner on the lofty square battlemented tower at the right of the stately old edifice.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The sky had clouded again, and a keen northwest wind was blowing across the Haidplatz and waving the banner on the lofty square battlemented tower at the right of the stately old edifice.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now he glanced up to see whether young Herr Crafft, to whom the building now belonged, had not also added an ornament to it.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sky had clouded again, and a keen northwest wind was blowing across the Haidplatz and waving the banner on the lofty square battlemented tower at the right of the stately old edifice.
also
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From this reading Now he glanced up to see whether young Herr Crafft, to whom the building now belonged, had not also added an ornament to it.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Now he glanced up to see whether young Herr Crafft, to whom the building now belonged, had not also added an ornament to it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Wolf's first walk took him to the Golden Cross, the lodgings of the Emperor Charles and his court.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It had originally belonged to the Weltenburg family as a strong offensive and defensive building, then frequently changed hands.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The sky had clouded again, and a keen northwest wind was blowing across the Haidplatz and waving the banner on the lofty square battlemented tower at the right of the stately old edifice.
banner
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From this reading The sky had clouded again, and a keen northwest wind was blowing across the Haidplatz and waving the banner on the lofty square battlemented tower at the right of the stately old edifice.
battlemented
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From this reading The sky had clouded again, and a keen northwest wind was blowing across the Haidplatz and waving the banner on the lofty square battlemented tower at the right of the stately old edifice.
belonged
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From this reading It had originally belonged to the Weltenburg family as a strong offensive and defensive building, then frequently changed hands.
blowing
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From this reading The sky had clouded again, and a keen northwest wind was blowing across the Haidplatz and waving the banner on the lofty square battlemented tower at the right of the stately old edifice.
bow-window
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From this reading The double escutcheon on the bow-window was that of the Thun and Fugger von Reh families, who had owned it in Wolf's childhood.
building
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From this reading It had originally belonged to the Weltenburg family as a strong offensive and defensive building, then frequently changed hands.
changed
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From this reading It had originally belonged to the Weltenburg family as a strong offensive and defensive building, then frequently changed hands.
Charles
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From this reading Wolf's first walk took him to the Golden Cross, the lodgings of the Emperor Charles and his court.
childhood
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From this reading The double escutcheon on the bow-window was that of the Thun and Fugger von Reh families, who had owned it in Wolf's childhood.
clouded
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From this reading The sky had clouded again, and a keen northwest wind was blowing across the Haidplatz and waving the banner on the lofty square battlemented tower at the right of the stately old edifice.
court
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From this reading Wolf's first walk took him to the Golden Cross, the lodgings of the Emperor Charles and his court.
Crafft
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From this reading Now he glanced up to see whether young Herr Crafft, to whom the building now belonged, had not also added an ornament to it.
Cross
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From this reading Wolf's first walk took him to the Golden Cross, the lodgings of the Emperor Charles and his court.
defensive
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From this reading It had originally belonged to the Weltenburg family as a strong offensive and defensive building, then frequently changed hands.
double
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From this reading The double escutcheon on the bow-window was that of the Thun and Fugger von Reh families, who had owned it in Wolf's childhood.
edifice
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From this reading The sky had clouded again, and a keen northwest wind was blowing across the Haidplatz and waving the banner on the lofty square battlemented tower at the right of the stately old edifice.
Emperor
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From this reading Wolf's first walk took him to the Golden Cross, the lodgings of the Emperor Charles and his court.
escutcheon
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From this reading The double escutcheon on the bow-window was that of the Thun and Fugger von Reh families, who had owned it in Wolf's childhood.
families
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From this reading The double escutcheon on the bow-window was that of the Thun and Fugger von Reh families, who had owned it in Wolf's childhood.
family
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From this reading It had originally belonged to the Weltenburg family as a strong offensive and defensive building, then frequently changed hands.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Wolf's first walk took him to the Golden Cross, the lodgings of the Emperor Charles and his court.
frequently
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From this reading It had originally belonged to the Weltenburg family as a strong offensive and defensive building, then frequently changed hands.
Fugger
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From this reading The double escutcheon on the bow-window was that of the Thun and Fugger von Reh families, who had owned it in Wolf's childhood.
glanced
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From this reading Now he glanced up to see whether young Herr Crafft, to whom the building now belonged, had not also added an ornament to it.
Golden
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From this reading Wolf's first walk took him to the Golden Cross, the lodgings of the Emperor Charles and his court.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The sky had clouded again, and a keen northwest wind was blowing across the Haidplatz and waving the banner on the lofty square battlemented tower at the right of the stately old edifice.
Haidplatz
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From this reading The sky had clouded again, and a keen northwest wind was blowing across the Haidplatz and waving the banner on the lofty square battlemented tower at the right of the stately old edifice.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading It had originally belonged to the Weltenburg family as a strong offensive and defensive building, then frequently changed hands.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Now he glanced up to see whether young Herr Crafft, to whom the building now belonged, had not also added an ornament to it.
Herr
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From this reading Now he glanced up to see whether young Herr Crafft, to whom the building now belonged, had not also added an ornament to it.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Wolf's first walk took him to the Golden Cross, the lodgings of the Emperor Charles and his court.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Wolf's first walk took him to the Golden Cross, the lodgings of the Emperor Charles and his court.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The double escutcheon on the bow-window was that of the Thun and Fugger von Reh families, who had owned it in Wolf's childhood.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had originally belonged to the Weltenburg family as a strong offensive and defensive building, then frequently changed hands.
keen
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From this reading The sky had clouded again, and a keen northwest wind was blowing across the Haidplatz and waving the banner on the lofty square battlemented tower at the right of the stately old edifice.
lodgings
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From this reading Wolf's first walk took him to the Golden Cross, the lodgings of the Emperor Charles and his court.
lofty
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From this reading The sky had clouded again, and a keen northwest wind was blowing across the Haidplatz and waving the banner on the lofty square battlemented tower at the right of the stately old edifice.
northwest
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From this reading The sky had clouded again, and a keen northwest wind was blowing across the Haidplatz and waving the banner on the lofty square battlemented tower at the right of the stately old edifice.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Now he glanced up to see whether young Herr Crafft, to whom the building now belonged, had not also added an ornament to it.
Now
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From this reading Now he glanced up to see whether young Herr Crafft, to whom the building now belonged, had not also added an ornament to it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Wolf's first walk took him to the Golden Cross, the lodgings of the Emperor Charles and his court.
offensive
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From this reading It had originally belonged to the Weltenburg family as a strong offensive and defensive building, then frequently changed hands.
old
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From this reading The sky had clouded again, and a keen northwest wind was blowing across the Haidplatz and waving the banner on the lofty square battlemented tower at the right of the stately old edifice.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The sky had clouded again, and a keen northwest wind was blowing across the Haidplatz and waving the banner on the lofty square battlemented tower at the right of the stately old edifice.
originally
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From this reading It had originally belonged to the Weltenburg family as a strong offensive and defensive building, then frequently changed hands.
ornament
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From this reading Now he glanced up to see whether young Herr Crafft, to whom the building now belonged, had not also added an ornament to it.
owned
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From this reading The double escutcheon on the bow-window was that of the Thun and Fugger von Reh families, who had owned it in Wolf's childhood.
Reh
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From this reading The double escutcheon on the bow-window was that of the Thun and Fugger von Reh families, who had owned it in Wolf's childhood.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sky had clouded again, and a keen northwest wind was blowing across the Haidplatz and waving the banner on the lofty square battlemented tower at the right of the stately old edifice.
see
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From this reading Now he glanced up to see whether young Herr Crafft, to whom the building now belonged, had not also added an ornament to it.
sky
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From this reading The sky had clouded again, and a keen northwest wind was blowing across the Haidplatz and waving the banner on the lofty square battlemented tower at the right of the stately old edifice.
square
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From this reading The sky had clouded again, and a keen northwest wind was blowing across the Haidplatz and waving the banner on the lofty square battlemented tower at the right of the stately old edifice.
stately
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From this reading The sky had clouded again, and a keen northwest wind was blowing across the Haidplatz and waving the banner on the lofty square battlemented tower at the right of the stately old edifice.
strong
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From this reading It had originally belonged to the Weltenburg family as a strong offensive and defensive building, then frequently changed hands.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The double escutcheon on the bow-window was that of the Thun and Fugger von Reh families, who had owned it in Wolf's childhood.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Wolf's first walk took him to the Golden Cross, the lodgings of the Emperor Charles and his court.
then
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From this reading It had originally belonged to the Weltenburg family as a strong offensive and defensive building, then frequently changed hands.
Thun
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From this reading The double escutcheon on the bow-window was that of the Thun and Fugger von Reh families, who had owned it in Wolf's childhood.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Wolf's first walk took him to the Golden Cross, the lodgings of the Emperor Charles and his court.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Wolf's first walk took him to the Golden Cross, the lodgings of the Emperor Charles and his court.
tower
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From this reading The sky had clouded again, and a keen northwest wind was blowing across the Haidplatz and waving the banner on the lofty square battlemented tower at the right of the stately old edifice.
up
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From this reading Now he glanced up to see whether young Herr Crafft, to whom the building now belonged, had not also added an ornament to it.
von
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From this reading The double escutcheon on the bow-window was that of the Thun and Fugger von Reh families, who had owned it in Wolf's childhood.
walk
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From this reading Wolf's first walk took him to the Golden Cross, the lodgings of the Emperor Charles and his court.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sky had clouded again, and a keen northwest wind was blowing across the Haidplatz and waving the banner on the lofty square battlemented tower at the right of the stately old edifice.
waving
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From this reading The sky had clouded again, and a keen northwest wind was blowing across the Haidplatz and waving the banner on the lofty square battlemented tower at the right of the stately old edifice.
Weltenburg
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From this reading It had originally belonged to the Weltenburg family as a strong offensive and defensive building, then frequently changed hands.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading Now he glanced up to see whether young Herr Crafft, to whom the building now belonged, had not also added an ornament to it.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The double escutcheon on the bow-window was that of the Thun and Fugger von Reh families, who had owned it in Wolf's childhood.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Now he glanced up to see whether young Herr Crafft, to whom the building now belonged, had not also added an ornament to it.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sky had clouded again, and a keen northwest wind was blowing across the Haidplatz and waving the banner on the lofty square battlemented tower at the right of the stately old edifice.
Wolf's
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From this reading Wolf's first walk took him to the Golden Cross, the lodgings of the Emperor Charles and his court.
young
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From this reading Now he glanced up to see whether young Herr Crafft, to whom the building now belonged, had not also added an ornament to it.
