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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 But just above the horizon northwards there was a faint white light, the faintest aurora, as if another moon was rising there.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading But just above the horizon northwards there was a faint white light, the faintest aurora, as if another moon was rising there.
always
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From this reading Then the North Star, minute but clear--so small, and yet chosen for the axle and focus of the sky, instead of sun-like Sirius--the North Star always shone just over the group of elms by the orchard.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
anotherdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading But just above the horizon northwards there was a faint white light, the faintest aurora, as if another moon was rising there.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
August
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From this reading Summer and winter, spring and autumn, it was always there, always over the elms-- whether they were reddening with the buds and flowers of February, whether they were dull green now in the heats of August, whether they were yellow in October.
aurora
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From this reading But just above the horizon northwards there was a faint white light, the faintest aurora, as if another moon was rising there.
autumn
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From this reading Summer and winter, spring and autumn, it was always there, always over the elms-- whether they were reddening with the buds and flowers of February, whether they were dull green now in the heats of August, whether they were yellow in October.
axle
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From this reading Then the North Star, minute but clear--so small, and yet chosen for the axle and focus of the sky, instead of sun-like Sirius--the North Star always shone just over the group of elms by the orchard.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
blue
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From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
branches
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From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
buds
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From this reading Summer and winter, spring and autumn, it was always there, always over the elms-- whether they were reddening with the buds and flowers of February, whether they were dull green now in the heats of August, whether they were yellow in October.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But just above the horizon northwards there was a faint white light, the faintest aurora, as if another moon was rising there.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
chosen
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From this reading Then the North Star, minute but clear--so small, and yet chosen for the axle and focus of the sky, instead of sun-like Sirius--the North Star always shone just over the group of elms by the orchard.
clear
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From this reading Then the North Star, minute but clear--so small, and yet chosen for the axle and focus of the sky, instead of sun-like Sirius--the North Star always shone just over the group of elms by the orchard.
clearest
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From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
dome
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From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
dull
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From this reading Summer and winter, spring and autumn, it was always there, always over the elms-- whether they were reddening with the buds and flowers of February, whether they were dull green now in the heats of August, whether they were yellow in October.
elms
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From this reading Then the North Star, minute but clear--so small, and yet chosen for the axle and focus of the sky, instead of sun-like Sirius--the North Star always shone just over the group of elms by the orchard.
evenings
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From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
faint
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From this reading But just above the horizon northwards there was a faint white light, the faintest aurora, as if another moon was rising there.
faintest
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From this reading But just above the horizon northwards there was a faint white light, the faintest aurora, as if another moon was rising there.
February
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From this reading Summer and winter, spring and autumn, it was always there, always over the elms-- whether they were reddening with the buds and flowers of February, whether they were dull green now in the heats of August, whether they were yellow in October.
flowers
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From this reading Summer and winter, spring and autumn, it was always there, always over the elms-- whether they were reddening with the buds and flowers of February, whether they were dull green now in the heats of August, whether they were yellow in October.
focus
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From this reading Then the North Star, minute but clear--so small, and yet chosen for the axle and focus of the sky, instead of sun-like Sirius--the North Star always shone just over the group of elms by the orchard.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Then the North Star, minute but clear--so small, and yet chosen for the axle and focus of the sky, instead of sun-like Sirius--the North Star always shone just over the group of elms by the orchard.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
gazing
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From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
gleaming
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From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
green
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From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
group
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From this reading Then the North Star, minute but clear--so small, and yet chosen for the axle and focus of the sky, instead of sun-like Sirius--the North Star always shone just over the group of elms by the orchard.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
heats
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From this reading Summer and winter, spring and autumn, it was always there, always over the elms-- whether they were reddening with the buds and flowers of February, whether they were dull green now in the heats of August, whether they were yellow in October.
heavens
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From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
home
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From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
horizon
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From this reading But just above the horizon northwards there was a faint white light, the faintest aurora, as if another moon was rising there.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading But just above the horizon northwards there was a faint white light, the faintest aurora, as if another moon was rising there.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
instead
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From this reading Then the North Star, minute but clear--so small, and yet chosen for the axle and focus of the sky, instead of sun-like Sirius--the North Star always shone just over the group of elms by the orchard.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Summer and winter, spring and autumn, it was always there, always over the elms-- whether they were reddening with the buds and flowers of February, whether they were dull green now in the heats of August, whether they were yellow in October.
just
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From this reading But just above the horizon northwards there was a faint white light, the faintest aurora, as if another moon was rising there.
knew
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From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
large
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From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
light
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From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
looking
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From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
lying
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From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
Lyra
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From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
minute
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From this reading Then the North Star, minute but clear--so small, and yet chosen for the axle and focus of the sky, instead of sun-like Sirius--the North Star always shone just over the group of elms by the orchard.
moon
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From this reading But just above the horizon northwards there was a faint white light, the faintest aurora, as if another moon was rising there.
North
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From this reading Then the North Star, minute but clear--so small, and yet chosen for the axle and focus of the sky, instead of sun-like Sirius--the North Star always shone just over the group of elms by the orchard.
northern
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From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
northwards
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From this reading But just above the horizon northwards there was a faint white light, the faintest aurora, as if another moon was rising there.
now
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From this reading Summer and winter, spring and autumn, it was always there, always over the elms-- whether they were reddening with the buds and flowers of February, whether they were dull green now in the heats of August, whether they were yellow in October.
oak
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From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
October
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From this reading Summer and winter, spring and autumn, it was always there, always over the elms-- whether they were reddening with the buds and flowers of February, whether they were dull green now in the heats of August, whether they were yellow in October.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
orchard
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From this reading Then the North Star, minute but clear--so small, and yet chosen for the axle and focus of the sky, instead of sun-like Sirius--the North Star always shone just over the group of elms by the orchard.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Then the North Star, minute but clear--so small, and yet chosen for the axle and focus of the sky, instead of sun-like Sirius--the North Star always shone just over the group of elms by the orchard.
pale
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From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
parlour
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From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
path
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From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
position
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From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
purest
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From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
reddening
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From this reading Summer and winter, spring and autumn, it was always there, always over the elms-- whether they were reddening with the buds and flowers of February, whether they were dull green now in the heats of August, whether they were yellow in October.
rising
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From this reading But just above the horizon northwards there was a faint white light, the faintest aurora, as if another moon was rising there.
sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/
Identical; not different.
From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
saw
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From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
shone
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From this reading Then the North Star, minute but clear--so small, and yet chosen for the axle and focus of the sky, instead of sun-like Sirius--the North Star always shone just over the group of elms by the orchard.
Sirius
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From this reading Then the North Star, minute but clear--so small, and yet chosen for the axle and focus of the sky, instead of sun-like Sirius--the North Star always shone just over the group of elms by the orchard.
sky
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From this reading Then the North Star, minute but clear--so small, and yet chosen for the axle and focus of the sky, instead of sun-like Sirius--the North Star always shone just over the group of elms by the orchard.
small
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From this reading Then the North Star, minute but clear--so small, and yet chosen for the axle and focus of the sky, instead of sun-like Sirius--the North Star always shone just over the group of elms by the orchard.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Then the North Star, minute but clear--so small, and yet chosen for the axle and focus of the sky, instead of sun-like Sirius--the North Star always shone just over the group of elms by the orchard.
sometimes
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From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
spring
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From this reading Summer and winter, spring and autumn, it was always there, always over the elms-- whether they were reddening with the buds and flowers of February, whether they were dull green now in the heats of August, whether they were yellow in October.
star
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From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
strawberries
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From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
summer
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From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
sun-like
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From this reading Then the North Star, minute but clear--so small, and yet chosen for the axle and focus of the sky, instead of sun-like Sirius--the North Star always shone just over the group of elms by the orchard.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
Then
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From this reading Then the North Star, minute but clear--so small, and yet chosen for the axle and focus of the sky, instead of sun-like Sirius--the North Star always shone just over the group of elms by the orchard.
there
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From this reading But just above the horizon northwards there was a faint white light, the faintest aurora, as if another moon was rising there.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Summer and winter, spring and autumn, it was always there, always over the elms-- whether they were reddening with the buds and flowers of February, whether they were dull green now in the heats of August, whether they were yellow in October.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
Up
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From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But just above the horizon northwards there was a faint white light, the faintest aurora, as if another moon was rising there.
way
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From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Summer and winter, spring and autumn, it was always there, always over the elms-- whether they were reddening with the buds and flowers of February, whether they were dull green now in the heats of August, whether they were yellow in October.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading Summer and winter, spring and autumn, it was always there, always over the elms-- whether they were reddening with the buds and flowers of February, whether they were dull green now in the heats of August, whether they were yellow in October.
white
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From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
whitest
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From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
window
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From this reading By these he knew his position, and that he was looking the same way as if he had been gazing from the large northern window of the parlour at home, or if he had been lying on the green path by the strawberries, as he sometimes did in the summer evenings.
winter
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From this reading Summer and winter, spring and autumn, it was always there, always over the elms-- whether they were reddening with the buds and flowers of February, whether they were dull green now in the heats of August, whether they were yellow in October.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Summer and winter, spring and autumn, it was always there, always over the elms-- whether they were reddening with the buds and flowers of February, whether they were dull green now in the heats of August, whether they were yellow in October.
yellow
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From this reading Summer and winter, spring and autumn, it was always there, always over the elms-- whether they were reddening with the buds and flowers of February, whether they were dull green now in the heats of August, whether they were yellow in October.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Then the North Star, minute but clear--so small, and yet chosen for the axle and focus of the sky, instead of sun-like Sirius--the North Star always shone just over the group of elms by the orchard.
zenith
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From this reading Up through the branches of the oak he saw Lyra, the purest star in the heavens, white as whitest and clearest light may be, gleaming at the zenith of the pale blue dome.
