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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 He left it hanging at the window and walked up the glimmering road, a ribbon of ghostly white between dim hills.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It was then about half-past twelve of the night, and not a feather of cloud stained the perfection of the sky.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading It curved above his head spangled like a fair lady's fan, and unfathomably blue like Clementina's eyes when her heart stirred in their depths.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Wogan went from the parlour and climbed out of the house by the rope-ladder.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He left it hanging at the window and walked up the glimmering road, a ribbon of ghostly white between dim hills.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading He left it hanging at the window and walked up the glimmering road, a ribbon of ghostly white between dim hills.
blue
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From this reading It curved above his head spangled like a fair lady's fan, and unfathomably blue like Clementina's eyes when her heart stirred in their depths.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Wogan went from the parlour and climbed out of the house by the rope-ladder.
cleft
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From this reading He reached the little footway and turned into the upward cleft of the hills.
Clementina's
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From this reading It curved above his head spangled like a fair lady's fan, and unfathomably blue like Clementina's eyes when her heart stirred in their depths.
climbed
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From this reading Wogan went from the parlour and climbed out of the house by the rope-ladder.
cloud
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From this reading It was then about half-past twelve of the night, and not a feather of cloud stained the perfection of the sky.
curved
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From this reading It curved above his head spangled like a fair lady's fan, and unfathomably blue like Clementina's eyes when her heart stirred in their depths.
depths
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From this reading It curved above his head spangled like a fair lady's fan, and unfathomably blue like Clementina's eyes when her heart stirred in their depths.
dim
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From this reading He left it hanging at the window and walked up the glimmering road, a ribbon of ghostly white between dim hills.
eyes
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From this reading It curved above his head spangled like a fair lady's fan, and unfathomably blue like Clementina's eyes when her heart stirred in their depths.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It curved above his head spangled like a fair lady's fan, and unfathomably blue like Clementina's eyes when her heart stirred in their depths.
fan
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From this reading It curved above his head spangled like a fair lady's fan, and unfathomably blue like Clementina's eyes when her heart stirred in their depths.
feather
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From this reading It was then about half-past twelve of the night, and not a feather of cloud stained the perfection of the sky.
footway
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From this reading He reached the little footway and turned into the upward cleft of the hills.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Wogan went from the parlour and climbed out of the house by the rope-ladder.
ghostly
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From this reading He left it hanging at the window and walked up the glimmering road, a ribbon of ghostly white between dim hills.
glimmering
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From this reading He left it hanging at the window and walked up the glimmering road, a ribbon of ghostly white between dim hills.
half-past
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From this reading It was then about half-past twelve of the night, and not a feather of cloud stained the perfection of the sky.
hanging
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From this reading He left it hanging at the window and walked up the glimmering road, a ribbon of ghostly white between dim hills.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He left it hanging at the window and walked up the glimmering road, a ribbon of ghostly white between dim hills.
head
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From this reading It curved above his head spangled like a fair lady's fan, and unfathomably blue like Clementina's eyes when her heart stirred in their depths.
heart
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From this reading It curved above his head spangled like a fair lady's fan, and unfathomably blue like Clementina's eyes when her heart stirred in their depths.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It curved above his head spangled like a fair lady's fan, and unfathomably blue like Clementina's eyes when her heart stirred in their depths.
hills
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From this reading He left it hanging at the window and walked up the glimmering road, a ribbon of ghostly white between dim hills.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It curved above his head spangled like a fair lady's fan, and unfathomably blue like Clementina's eyes when her heart stirred in their depths.
house
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From this reading Wogan went from the parlour and climbed out of the house by the rope-ladder.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It curved above his head spangled like a fair lady's fan, and unfathomably blue like Clementina's eyes when her heart stirred in their depths.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He reached the little footway and turned into the upward cleft of the hills.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He left it hanging at the window and walked up the glimmering road, a ribbon of ghostly white between dim hills.
lady's
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From this reading It curved above his head spangled like a fair lady's fan, and unfathomably blue like Clementina's eyes when her heart stirred in their depths.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He left it hanging at the window and walked up the glimmering road, a ribbon of ghostly white between dim hills.
like
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From this reading It curved above his head spangled like a fair lady's fan, and unfathomably blue like Clementina's eyes when her heart stirred in their depths.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He reached the little footway and turned into the upward cleft of the hills.
night
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From this reading It was then about half-past twelve of the night, and not a feather of cloud stained the perfection of the sky.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was then about half-past twelve of the night, and not a feather of cloud stained the perfection of the sky.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Wogan went from the parlour and climbed out of the house by the rope-ladder.
out
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From this reading Wogan went from the parlour and climbed out of the house by the rope-ladder.
parlour
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From this reading Wogan went from the parlour and climbed out of the house by the rope-ladder.
perfection
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From this reading It was then about half-past twelve of the night, and not a feather of cloud stained the perfection of the sky.
reached
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From this reading He reached the little footway and turned into the upward cleft of the hills.
ribbon
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From this reading He left it hanging at the window and walked up the glimmering road, a ribbon of ghostly white between dim hills.
road
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From this reading He left it hanging at the window and walked up the glimmering road, a ribbon of ghostly white between dim hills.
rope-ladder
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From this reading Wogan went from the parlour and climbed out of the house by the rope-ladder.
sky
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From this reading It was then about half-past twelve of the night, and not a feather of cloud stained the perfection of the sky.
spangled
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From this reading It curved above his head spangled like a fair lady's fan, and unfathomably blue like Clementina's eyes when her heart stirred in their depths.
stained
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From this reading It was then about half-past twelve of the night, and not a feather of cloud stained the perfection of the sky.
stirred
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From this reading It curved above his head spangled like a fair lady's fan, and unfathomably blue like Clementina's eyes when her heart stirred in their depths.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Wogan went from the parlour and climbed out of the house by the rope-ladder.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It curved above his head spangled like a fair lady's fan, and unfathomably blue like Clementina's eyes when her heart stirred in their depths.
then
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From this reading It was then about half-past twelve of the night, and not a feather of cloud stained the perfection of the sky.
turned
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From this reading He reached the little footway and turned into the upward cleft of the hills.
twelve
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From this reading It was then about half-past twelve of the night, and not a feather of cloud stained the perfection of the sky.
unfathomably
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From this reading It curved above his head spangled like a fair lady's fan, and unfathomably blue like Clementina's eyes when her heart stirred in their depths.
up
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From this reading He left it hanging at the window and walked up the glimmering road, a ribbon of ghostly white between dim hills.
upward
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From this reading He reached the little footway and turned into the upward cleft of the hills.
walked
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From this reading He left it hanging at the window and walked up the glimmering road, a ribbon of ghostly white between dim hills.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was then about half-past twelve of the night, and not a feather of cloud stained the perfection of the sky.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Wogan went from the parlour and climbed out of the house by the rope-ladder.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It curved above his head spangled like a fair lady's fan, and unfathomably blue like Clementina's eyes when her heart stirred in their depths.
white
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From this reading He left it hanging at the window and walked up the glimmering road, a ribbon of ghostly white between dim hills.
window
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From this reading He left it hanging at the window and walked up the glimmering road, a ribbon of ghostly white between dim hills.
Wogan
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From this reading Wogan went from the parlour and climbed out of the house by the rope-ladder.
