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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 billowy piles of fleecy bronze in the eastern sky look soft and yielding, like a Sarah Bernhardt.
Albany
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From this reading The solitary horseman is seen coming along the Albany and Syracuse toll road.
all
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From this reading The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, and all nature seems oppressed with the solemn hush and stillness of the surrounding and engulfing horror.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The solitary horseman is seen coming along the Albany and Syracuse toll road.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The horizontal bars of golden light from the setting sun gleam and glitter from the dome of the court house and bathe the green plains of Syracuse with mellow splendor.
bars
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From this reading The horizontal bars of golden light from the setting sun gleam and glitter from the dome of the court house and bathe the green plains of Syracuse with mellow splendor.
bathe
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From this reading The horizontal bars of golden light from the setting sun gleam and glitter from the dome of the court house and bathe the green plains of Syracuse with mellow splendor.
Bernhardt
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From this reading The billowy piles of fleecy bronze in the eastern sky look soft and yielding, like a Sarah Bernhardt.
billowy
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From this reading The billowy piles of fleecy bronze in the eastern sky look soft and yielding, like a Sarah Bernhardt.
bronze
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From this reading The billowy piles of fleecy bronze in the eastern sky look soft and yielding, like a Sarah Bernhardt.
coming
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From this reading The solitary horseman is seen coming along the Albany and Syracuse toll road.
court
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From this reading The horizontal bars of golden light from the setting sun gleam and glitter from the dome of the court house and bathe the green plains of Syracuse with mellow splendor.
dome
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From this reading The horizontal bars of golden light from the setting sun gleam and glitter from the dome of the court house and bathe the green plains of Syracuse with mellow splendor.
eastern
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From this reading The billowy piles of fleecy bronze in the eastern sky look soft and yielding, like a Sarah Bernhardt.
engulfing
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From this reading The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, and all nature seems oppressed with the solemn hush and stillness of the surrounding and engulfing horror.
fleecy
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From this reading The billowy piles of fleecy bronze in the eastern sky look soft and yielding, like a Sarah Bernhardt.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The horizontal bars of golden light from the setting sun gleam and glitter from the dome of the court house and bathe the green plains of Syracuse with mellow splendor.
gleam
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From this reading The horizontal bars of golden light from the setting sun gleam and glitter from the dome of the court house and bathe the green plains of Syracuse with mellow splendor.
glitter
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From this reading The horizontal bars of golden light from the setting sun gleam and glitter from the dome of the court house and bathe the green plains of Syracuse with mellow splendor.
golden
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From this reading The horizontal bars of golden light from the setting sun gleam and glitter from the dome of the court house and bathe the green plains of Syracuse with mellow splendor.
green
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From this reading The horizontal bars of golden light from the setting sun gleam and glitter from the dome of the court house and bathe the green plains of Syracuse with mellow splendor.
herd
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From this reading The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, and all nature seems oppressed with the solemn hush and stillness of the surrounding and engulfing horror.
horizontal
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From this reading The horizontal bars of golden light from the setting sun gleam and glitter from the dome of the court house and bathe the green plains of Syracuse with mellow splendor.
horror
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From this reading The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, and all nature seems oppressed with the solemn hush and stillness of the surrounding and engulfing horror.
horseman
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From this reading |It is now the proper time to throw in the solitary horseman.
house
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From this reading The horizontal bars of golden light from the setting sun gleam and glitter from the dome of the court house and bathe the green plains of Syracuse with mellow splendor.
hush
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From this reading The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, and all nature seems oppressed with the solemn hush and stillness of the surrounding and engulfing horror.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading |It is now the proper time to throw in the solitary horseman.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading |It is now the proper time to throw in the solitary horseman.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading |It is now the proper time to throw in the solitary horseman.
lea
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From this reading The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, and all nature seems oppressed with the solemn hush and stillness of the surrounding and engulfing horror.
light
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From this reading The horizontal bars of golden light from the setting sun gleam and glitter from the dome of the court house and bathe the green plains of Syracuse with mellow splendor.
like
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From this reading The billowy piles of fleecy bronze in the eastern sky look soft and yielding, like a Sarah Bernhardt.
look
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From this reading The billowy piles of fleecy bronze in the eastern sky look soft and yielding, like a Sarah Bernhardt.
lowing
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From this reading The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, and all nature seems oppressed with the solemn hush and stillness of the surrounding and engulfing horror.
mellow
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From this reading The horizontal bars of golden light from the setting sun gleam and glitter from the dome of the court house and bathe the green plains of Syracuse with mellow splendor.
nature
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From this reading The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, and all nature seems oppressed with the solemn hush and stillness of the surrounding and engulfing horror.
now
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From this reading |It is now the proper time to throw in the solitary horseman.
o'er
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From this reading The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, and all nature seems oppressed with the solemn hush and stillness of the surrounding and engulfing horror.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The horizontal bars of golden light from the setting sun gleam and glitter from the dome of the court house and bathe the green plains of Syracuse with mellow splendor.
oppressed
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From this reading The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, and all nature seems oppressed with the solemn hush and stillness of the surrounding and engulfing horror.
piles
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From this reading The billowy piles of fleecy bronze in the eastern sky look soft and yielding, like a Sarah Bernhardt.
plains
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From this reading The horizontal bars of golden light from the setting sun gleam and glitter from the dome of the court house and bathe the green plains of Syracuse with mellow splendor.
proper
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From this reading |It is now the proper time to throw in the solitary horseman.
road
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From this reading The solitary horseman is seen coming along the Albany and Syracuse toll road.
Sarah
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From this reading The billowy piles of fleecy bronze in the eastern sky look soft and yielding, like a Sarah Bernhardt.
seems
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From this reading The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, and all nature seems oppressed with the solemn hush and stillness of the surrounding and engulfing horror.
seen
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From this reading The solitary horseman is seen coming along the Albany and Syracuse toll road.
setting
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From this reading The horizontal bars of golden light from the setting sun gleam and glitter from the dome of the court house and bathe the green plains of Syracuse with mellow splendor.
sky
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From this reading The billowy piles of fleecy bronze in the eastern sky look soft and yielding, like a Sarah Bernhardt.
slowly
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From this reading The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, and all nature seems oppressed with the solemn hush and stillness of the surrounding and engulfing horror.
soft
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From this reading The billowy piles of fleecy bronze in the eastern sky look soft and yielding, like a Sarah Bernhardt.
solemn
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From this reading The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, and all nature seems oppressed with the solemn hush and stillness of the surrounding and engulfing horror.
solitary
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From this reading |It is now the proper time to throw in the solitary horseman.
splendornounUS /ˈsplen.dər/
Magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur and brilliance.
From this reading The horizontal bars of golden light from the setting sun gleam and glitter from the dome of the court house and bathe the green plains of Syracuse with mellow splendor.
stillness
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From this reading The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, and all nature seems oppressed with the solemn hush and stillness of the surrounding and engulfing horror.
sun
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From this reading The horizontal bars of golden light from the setting sun gleam and glitter from the dome of the court house and bathe the green plains of Syracuse with mellow splendor.
surrounding
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From this reading The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, and all nature seems oppressed with the solemn hush and stillness of the surrounding and engulfing horror.
Syracuse
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From this reading The horizontal bars of golden light from the setting sun gleam and glitter from the dome of the court house and bathe the green plains of Syracuse with mellow splendor.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading |It is now the proper time to throw in the solitary horseman.
throw
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From this reading |It is now the proper time to throw in the solitary horseman.
time
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From this reading |It is now the proper time to throw in the solitary horseman.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading |It is now the proper time to throw in the solitary horseman.
toll
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From this reading The solitary horseman is seen coming along the Albany and Syracuse toll road.
winds
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From this reading The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, and all nature seems oppressed with the solemn hush and stillness of the surrounding and engulfing horror.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The horizontal bars of golden light from the setting sun gleam and glitter from the dome of the court house and bathe the green plains of Syracuse with mellow splendor.
yielding
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From this reading The billowy piles of fleecy bronze in the eastern sky look soft and yielding, like a Sarah Bernhardt.
