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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 Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You will wave as we start with the usual prodigious jerk, and then you will run back and climb up to the house again, banging the big iron gate securely shut....
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading And together we will slip and stumble and trot down the steep hillside to the level-crossing, and we will run along to the little station, so like ours in America.
America
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From this reading And together we will slip and stumble and trot down the steep hillside to the level-crossing, and we will run along to the little station, so like ours in America.
amiable
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading You will stay there for a while among the roses and jasmine, and then you will come in and say: "There it is!"
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
back
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From this reading You will wave as we start with the usual prodigious jerk, and then you will run back and climb up to the house again, banging the big iron gate securely shut....
banging
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From this reading You will wave as we start with the usual prodigious jerk, and then you will run back and climb up to the house again, banging the big iron gate securely shut....
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
become
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
big
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From this reading You will wave as we start with the usual prodigious jerk, and then you will run back and climb up to the house again, banging the big iron gate securely shut....
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
City
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
climb
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From this reading And when the train is come creaking and groaning and squealing to a standstill, I shall climb in, while you will stand for a moment looking....
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You will stay there for a while among the roses and jasmine, and then you will come in and say: "There it is!"
comes
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
Company
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
conduct
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
Cordelio
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creaking
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From this reading And when the train is come creaking and groaning and squealing to a standstill, I shall climb in, while you will stand for a moment looking....
created
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
curve
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
cypresses
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disastrous
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Doubleday
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down
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
freedom
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
Garden
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
gate
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From this reading You will wave as we start with the usual prodigious jerk, and then you will run back and climb up to the house again, banging the big iron gate securely shut....
gone
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
groaning
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From this reading And when the train is come creaking and groaning and squealing to a standstill, I shall climb in, while you will stand for a moment looking....
Gulf
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haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
headlands
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hillside
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From this reading And together we will slip and stumble and trot down the steep hillside to the level-crossing, and we will run along to the little station, so like ours in America.
hour
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
house
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From this reading You will wave as we start with the usual prodigious jerk, and then you will run back and climb up to the house again, banging the big iron gate securely shut....
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And when the train is come creaking and groaning and squealing to a standstill, I shall climb in, while you will stand for a moment looking....
illusion
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
iron
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From this reading You will wave as we start with the usual prodigious jerk, and then you will run back and climb up to the house again, banging the big iron gate securely shut....
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
islands
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
jasmine
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From this reading You will stay there for a while among the roses and jasmine, and then you will come in and say: "There it is!"
jerk
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From this reading You will wave as we start with the usual prodigious jerk, and then you will run back and climb up to the house again, banging the big iron gate securely shut....
later
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
level-crossing
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From this reading And together we will slip and stumble and trot down the steep hillside to the level-crossing, and we will run along to the little station, so like ours in America.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
like
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From this reading And together we will slip and stumble and trot down the steep hillside to the level-crossing, and we will run along to the little station, so like ours in America.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And together we will slip and stumble and trot down the steep hillside to the level-crossing, and we will run along to the little station, so like ours in America.
looking
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From this reading And when the train is come creaking and groaning and squealing to a standstill, I shall climb in, while you will stand for a moment looking....
moment
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From this reading And when the train is come creaking and groaning and squealing to a standstill, I shall climb in, while you will stand for a moment looking....
monopoly
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mosquitoes
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Mr
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nations
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New
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
ourspronounUS /ˈaʊərz/
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading And together we will slip and stumble and trot down the steep hillside to the level-crossing, and we will run along to the little station, so like ours in America.
Page
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
prodigious
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From this reading You will wave as we start with the usual prodigious jerk, and then you will run back and climb up to the house again, banging the big iron gate securely shut....
puffing
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
purple
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
roses
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From this reading You will stay there for a while among the roses and jasmine, and then you will come in and say: "There it is!"
round
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
run
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From this reading And together we will slip and stumble and trot down the steep hillside to the level-crossing, and we will run along to the little station, so like ours in America.
say
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From this reading You will stay there for a while among the roses and jasmine, and then you will come in and say: "There it is!"
securely
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From this reading You will wave as we start with the usual prodigious jerk, and then you will run back and climb up to the house again, banging the big iron gate securely shut....
shadows
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading And when the train is come creaking and groaning and squealing to a standstill, I shall climb in, while you will stand for a moment looking....
shut
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From this reading You will wave as we start with the usual prodigious jerk, and then you will run back and climb up to the house again, banging the big iron gate securely shut....
sinks
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
slip
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From this reading And together we will slip and stumble and trot down the steep hillside to the level-crossing, and we will run along to the little station, so like ours in America.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
Spenlove
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
squealing
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From this reading And when the train is come creaking and groaning and squealing to a standstill, I shall climb in, while you will stand for a moment looking....
stand
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From this reading And when the train is come creaking and groaning and squealing to a standstill, I shall climb in, while you will stand for a moment looking....
standstill
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From this reading And when the train is come creaking and groaning and squealing to a standstill, I shall climb in, while you will stand for a moment looking....
startnounUS /start/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You will wave as we start with the usual prodigious jerk, and then you will run back and climb up to the house again, banging the big iron gate securely shut....
station
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From this reading And together we will slip and stumble and trot down the steep hillside to the level-crossing, and we will run along to the little station, so like ours in America.
stay
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From this reading You will stay there for a while among the roses and jasmine, and then you will come in and say: "There it is!"
steep
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From this reading And together we will slip and stumble and trot down the steep hillside to the level-crossing, and we will run along to the little station, so like ours in America.
stumble
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From this reading And together we will slip and stumble and trot down the steep hillside to the level-crossing, and we will run along to the little station, so like ours in America.
sun
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
then
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From this reading You will stay there for a while among the roses and jasmine, and then you will come in and say: "There it is!"
There
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
tiresome
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And together we will slip and stumble and trot down the steep hillside to the level-crossing, and we will run along to the little station, so like ours in America.
together
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From this reading And together we will slip and stumble and trot down the steep hillside to the level-crossing, and we will run along to the little station, so like ours in America.
train
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
trot
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From this reading And together we will slip and stumble and trot down the steep hillside to the level-crossing, and we will run along to the little station, so like ours in America.
truth
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
up
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From this reading You will wave as we start with the usual prodigious jerk, and then you will run back and climb up to the house again, banging the big iron gate securely shut....
usual
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From this reading You will wave as we start with the usual prodigious jerk, and then you will run back and climb up to the house again, banging the big iron gate securely shut....
vanishing
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
wave
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From this reading You will wave as we start with the usual prodigious jerk, and then you will run back and climb up to the house again, banging the big iron gate securely shut....
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading And together we will slip and stumble and trot down the steep hillside to the level-crossing, and we will run along to the little station, so like ours in America.
western
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading And when the train is come creaking and groaning and squealing to a standstill, I shall climb in, while you will stand for a moment looking....
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading You will stay there for a while among the roses and jasmine, and then you will come in and say: "There it is!"
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading You will wave as we start with the usual prodigious jerk, and then you will run back and climb up to the house again, banging the big iron gate securely shut....
York
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From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Garden City New York Doubleday, Page & Company "It is an amiable but disastrous illusion on the part of the western nations that they have created a monopoly in freedom and truth and the right conduct of life."--_Mr. Spenlove_ There is an hour or so before the train comes puffing round the curve of the Gulf from Cordelio, and you are gone down into the garden for a while because the mosquitoes become tiresome later, and the great shadows of the cypresses are vanishing as the sun sinks behind the purple islands beyond the headlands.
