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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 Then came shining country, where the sky met the sun-bright slopes, and then a quiet sail at rest in the tiny harbor.
amidstprepositionUS /əˈmɪdst/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading Castles there were too, or what I took for castles,--silvery gray amidst leafless trees, and sometimes softest pine woods with their clinging mist.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading But an hour or two brought me to the idea of cities, though even they were as cities in a dream.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Castles there were too, or what I took for castles,--silvery gray amidst leafless trees, and sometimes softest pine woods with their clinging mist.
any
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From this reading We swept on tranquilly between banks more picturesque, more glorious, more laden with spells for me, than any haven I had fortified with Spanish castles.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But an hour or two brought me to the idea of cities, though even they were as cities in a dream.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At noon, when at length I roused myself, we were no longer upon the sea.
banks
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From this reading We swept on tranquilly between banks more picturesque, more glorious, more laden with spells for me, than any haven I had fortified with Spanish castles.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading We swept on tranquilly between banks more picturesque, more glorious, more laden with spells for me, than any haven I had fortified with Spanish castles.
brought
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From this reading But an hour or two brought me to the idea of cities, though even they were as cities in a dream.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But an hour or two brought me to the idea of cities, though even they were as cities in a dream.
came
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From this reading Then came shining country, where the sky met the sun-bright slopes, and then a quiet sail at rest in the tiny harbor.
castles
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From this reading We swept on tranquilly between banks more picturesque, more glorious, more laden with spells for me, than any haven I had fortified with Spanish castles.
cities
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From this reading But an hour or two brought me to the idea of cities, though even they were as cities in a dream.
clinging
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From this reading Castles there were too, or what I took for castles,--silvery gray amidst leafless trees, and sometimes softest pine woods with their clinging mist.
country
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From this reading Then came shining country, where the sky met the sun-bright slopes, and then a quiet sail at rest in the tiny harbor.
dreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading But an hour or two brought me to the idea of cities, though even they were as cities in a dream.
even
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From this reading But an hour or two brought me to the idea of cities, though even they were as cities in a dream.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We swept on tranquilly between banks more picturesque, more glorious, more laden with spells for me, than any haven I had fortified with Spanish castles.
fortified
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From this reading We swept on tranquilly between banks more picturesque, more glorious, more laden with spells for me, than any haven I had fortified with Spanish castles.
glorious
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From this reading We swept on tranquilly between banks more picturesque, more glorious, more laden with spells for me, than any haven I had fortified with Spanish castles.
gray
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From this reading Castles there were too, or what I took for castles,--silvery gray amidst leafless trees, and sometimes softest pine woods with their clinging mist.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We swept on tranquilly between banks more picturesque, more glorious, more laden with spells for me, than any haven I had fortified with Spanish castles.
harbor
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From this reading Then came shining country, where the sky met the sun-bright slopes, and then a quiet sail at rest in the tiny harbor.
haven
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From this reading We swept on tranquilly between banks more picturesque, more glorious, more laden with spells for me, than any haven I had fortified with Spanish castles.
hour
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From this reading But an hour or two brought me to the idea of cities, though even they were as cities in a dream.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading At noon, when at length I roused myself, we were no longer upon the sea.
idea
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From this reading But an hour or two brought me to the idea of cities, though even they were as cities in a dream.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then came shining country, where the sky met the sun-bright slopes, and then a quiet sail at rest in the tiny harbor.
laden
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From this reading We swept on tranquilly between banks more picturesque, more glorious, more laden with spells for me, than any haven I had fortified with Spanish castles.
leafless
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From this reading Castles there were too, or what I took for castles,--silvery gray amidst leafless trees, and sometimes softest pine woods with their clinging mist.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading At noon, when at length I roused myself, we were no longer upon the sea.
longer
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From this reading At noon, when at length I roused myself, we were no longer upon the sea.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We swept on tranquilly between banks more picturesque, more glorious, more laden with spells for me, than any haven I had fortified with Spanish castles.
met
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From this reading Then came shining country, where the sky met the sun-bright slopes, and then a quiet sail at rest in the tiny harbor.
mist
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From this reading Castles there were too, or what I took for castles,--silvery gray amidst leafless trees, and sometimes softest pine woods with their clinging mist.
more
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From this reading We swept on tranquilly between banks more picturesque, more glorious, more laden with spells for me, than any haven I had fortified with Spanish castles.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading At noon, when at length I roused myself, we were no longer upon the sea.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading At noon, when at length I roused myself, we were no longer upon the sea.
noon
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From this reading At noon, when at length I roused myself, we were no longer upon the sea.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But an hour or two brought me to the idea of cities, though even they were as cities in a dream.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We swept on tranquilly between banks more picturesque, more glorious, more laden with spells for me, than any haven I had fortified with Spanish castles.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Castles there were too, or what I took for castles,--silvery gray amidst leafless trees, and sometimes softest pine woods with their clinging mist.
picturesque
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From this reading We swept on tranquilly between banks more picturesque, more glorious, more laden with spells for me, than any haven I had fortified with Spanish castles.
pine
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From this reading Castles there were too, or what I took for castles,--silvery gray amidst leafless trees, and sometimes softest pine woods with their clinging mist.
quiet
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From this reading Then came shining country, where the sky met the sun-bright slopes, and then a quiet sail at rest in the tiny harbor.
rest
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From this reading Then came shining country, where the sky met the sun-bright slopes, and then a quiet sail at rest in the tiny harbor.
roused
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From this reading At noon, when at length I roused myself, we were no longer upon the sea.
sail
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From this reading Then came shining country, where the sky met the sun-bright slopes, and then a quiet sail at rest in the tiny harbor.
sea
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From this reading At noon, when at length I roused myself, we were no longer upon the sea.
shining
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From this reading Then came shining country, where the sky met the sun-bright slopes, and then a quiet sail at rest in the tiny harbor.
silvery
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From this reading Castles there were too, or what I took for castles,--silvery gray amidst leafless trees, and sometimes softest pine woods with their clinging mist.
sky
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From this reading Then came shining country, where the sky met the sun-bright slopes, and then a quiet sail at rest in the tiny harbor.
slopes
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From this reading Then came shining country, where the sky met the sun-bright slopes, and then a quiet sail at rest in the tiny harbor.
softest
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From this reading Castles there were too, or what I took for castles,--silvery gray amidst leafless trees, and sometimes softest pine woods with their clinging mist.
sometimes
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From this reading Castles there were too, or what I took for castles,--silvery gray amidst leafless trees, and sometimes softest pine woods with their clinging mist.
Spanish
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From this reading We swept on tranquilly between banks more picturesque, more glorious, more laden with spells for me, than any haven I had fortified with Spanish castles.
spells
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From this reading We swept on tranquilly between banks more picturesque, more glorious, more laden with spells for me, than any haven I had fortified with Spanish castles.
sun-bright
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From this reading Then came shining country, where the sky met the sun-bright slopes, and then a quiet sail at rest in the tiny harbor.
swept
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From this reading We swept on tranquilly between banks more picturesque, more glorious, more laden with spells for me, than any haven I had fortified with Spanish castles.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading We swept on tranquilly between banks more picturesque, more glorious, more laden with spells for me, than any haven I had fortified with Spanish castles.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At noon, when at length I roused myself, we were no longer upon the sea.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Castles there were too, or what I took for castles,--silvery gray amidst leafless trees, and sometimes softest pine woods with their clinging mist.
Then
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From this reading Then came shining country, where the sky met the sun-bright slopes, and then a quiet sail at rest in the tiny harbor.
there
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From this reading Castles there were too, or what I took for castles,--silvery gray amidst leafless trees, and sometimes softest pine woods with their clinging mist.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But an hour or two brought me to the idea of cities, though even they were as cities in a dream.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading But an hour or two brought me to the idea of cities, though even they were as cities in a dream.
tiny
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From this reading Then came shining country, where the sky met the sun-bright slopes, and then a quiet sail at rest in the tiny harbor.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But an hour or two brought me to the idea of cities, though even they were as cities in a dream.
too
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From this reading Castles there were too, or what I took for castles,--silvery gray amidst leafless trees, and sometimes softest pine woods with their clinging mist.
took
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From this reading Castles there were too, or what I took for castles,--silvery gray amidst leafless trees, and sometimes softest pine woods with their clinging mist.
tranquilly
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From this reading We swept on tranquilly between banks more picturesque, more glorious, more laden with spells for me, than any haven I had fortified with Spanish castles.
trees
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From this reading Castles there were too, or what I took for castles,--silvery gray amidst leafless trees, and sometimes softest pine woods with their clinging mist.
two
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From this reading But an hour or two brought me to the idea of cities, though even they were as cities in a dream.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading At noon, when at length I roused myself, we were no longer upon the sea.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading At noon, when at length I roused myself, we were no longer upon the sea.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading At noon, when at length I roused myself, we were no longer upon the sea.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Castles there were too, or what I took for castles,--silvery gray amidst leafless trees, and sometimes softest pine woods with their clinging mist.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading At noon, when at length I roused myself, we were no longer upon the sea.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Then came shining country, where the sky met the sun-bright slopes, and then a quiet sail at rest in the tiny harbor.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We swept on tranquilly between banks more picturesque, more glorious, more laden with spells for me, than any haven I had fortified with Spanish castles.
woods
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From this reading Castles there were too, or what I took for castles,--silvery gray amidst leafless trees, and sometimes softest pine woods with their clinging mist.
