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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 For a few minutes Roland remained beside him, and then he called in the women to attend to the dead, and went out into the fresh morning air.
Abbey
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From this reading It was as the bells of the Abbey rang for matins that the stranger died.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The snow-line had come lower down upon the slopes, and the beautiful crystals of frost hung on the tapering boughs of the pine-trees in the forests about Engelberg.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading It was the third day that the mountains had been clear from fog and cloud, and they stood out against the sky in perfect whiteness.
air
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From this reading For a few minutes Roland remained beside him, and then he called in the women to attend to the dead, and went out into the fresh morning air.
ALTAR
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From this reading ON THE ALTAR STEPS.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For a few minutes Roland remained beside him, and then he called in the women to attend to the dead, and went out into the fresh morning air.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was as the bells of the Abbey rang for matins that the stranger died.
attend
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From this reading For a few minutes Roland remained beside him, and then he called in the women to attend to the dead, and went out into the fresh morning air.
beautiful
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From this reading The snow-line had come lower down upon the slopes, and the beautiful crystals of frost hung on the tapering boughs of the pine-trees in the forests about Engelberg.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was the third day that the mountains had been clear from fog and cloud, and they stood out against the sky in perfect whiteness.
bells
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From this reading It was as the bells of the Abbey rang for matins that the stranger died.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading For a few minutes Roland remained beside him, and then he called in the women to attend to the dead, and went out into the fresh morning air.
boughs
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From this reading The snow-line had come lower down upon the slopes, and the beautiful crystals of frost hung on the tapering boughs of the pine-trees in the forests about Engelberg.
called
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From this reading For a few minutes Roland remained beside him, and then he called in the women to attend to the dead, and went out into the fresh morning air.
clear
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From this reading It was the third day that the mountains had been clear from fog and cloud, and they stood out against the sky in perfect whiteness.
cloud
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From this reading It was the third day that the mountains had been clear from fog and cloud, and they stood out against the sky in perfect whiteness.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The snow-line had come lower down upon the slopes, and the beautiful crystals of frost hung on the tapering boughs of the pine-trees in the forests about Engelberg.
crystals
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From this reading The snow-line had come lower down upon the slopes, and the beautiful crystals of frost hung on the tapering boughs of the pine-trees in the forests about Engelberg.
day
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From this reading It was the third day that the mountains had been clear from fog and cloud, and they stood out against the sky in perfect whiteness.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a few minutes Roland remained beside him, and then he called in the women to attend to the dead, and went out into the fresh morning air.
died
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From this reading It was as the bells of the Abbey rang for matins that the stranger died.
down
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From this reading The snow-line had come lower down upon the slopes, and the beautiful crystals of frost hung on the tapering boughs of the pine-trees in the forests about Engelberg.
Engelberg
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From this reading The snow-line had come lower down upon the slopes, and the beautiful crystals of frost hung on the tapering boughs of the pine-trees in the forests about Engelberg.
few
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From this reading For a few minutes Roland remained beside him, and then he called in the women to attend to the dead, and went out into the fresh morning air.
fog
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From this reading It was the third day that the mountains had been clear from fog and cloud, and they stood out against the sky in perfect whiteness.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was as the bells of the Abbey rang for matins that the stranger died.
forests
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From this reading The snow-line had come lower down upon the slopes, and the beautiful crystals of frost hung on the tapering boughs of the pine-trees in the forests about Engelberg.
fresh
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From this reading For a few minutes Roland remained beside him, and then he called in the women to attend to the dead, and went out into the fresh morning air.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was the third day that the mountains had been clear from fog and cloud, and they stood out against the sky in perfect whiteness.
frost
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From this reading The snow-line had come lower down upon the slopes, and the beautiful crystals of frost hung on the tapering boughs of the pine-trees in the forests about Engelberg.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was the third day that the mountains had been clear from fog and cloud, and they stood out against the sky in perfect whiteness.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For a few minutes Roland remained beside him, and then he called in the women to attend to the dead, and went out into the fresh morning air.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For a few minutes Roland remained beside him, and then he called in the women to attend to the dead, and went out into the fresh morning air.
hung
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From this reading The snow-line had come lower down upon the slopes, and the beautiful crystals of frost hung on the tapering boughs of the pine-trees in the forests about Engelberg.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For a few minutes Roland remained beside him, and then he called in the women to attend to the dead, and went out into the fresh morning air.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading For a few minutes Roland remained beside him, and then he called in the women to attend to the dead, and went out into the fresh morning air.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was as the bells of the Abbey rang for matins that the stranger died.
lower
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From this reading The snow-line had come lower down upon the slopes, and the beautiful crystals of frost hung on the tapering boughs of the pine-trees in the forests about Engelberg.
matins
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From this reading It was as the bells of the Abbey rang for matins that the stranger died.
minutes
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From this reading For a few minutes Roland remained beside him, and then he called in the women to attend to the dead, and went out into the fresh morning air.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a few minutes Roland remained beside him, and then he called in the women to attend to the dead, and went out into the fresh morning air.
mountains
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From this reading It was the third day that the mountains had been clear from fog and cloud, and they stood out against the sky in perfect whiteness.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was as the bells of the Abbey rang for matins that the stranger died.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON THE ALTAR STEPS.
out
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From this reading For a few minutes Roland remained beside him, and then he called in the women to attend to the dead, and went out into the fresh morning air.
perfect
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From this reading It was the third day that the mountains had been clear from fog and cloud, and they stood out against the sky in perfect whiteness.
pine-trees
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From this reading The snow-line had come lower down upon the slopes, and the beautiful crystals of frost hung on the tapering boughs of the pine-trees in the forests about Engelberg.
rang
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From this reading It was as the bells of the Abbey rang for matins that the stranger died.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading For a few minutes Roland remained beside him, and then he called in the women to attend to the dead, and went out into the fresh morning air.
Roland
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From this reading For a few minutes Roland remained beside him, and then he called in the women to attend to the dead, and went out into the fresh morning air.
sky
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From this reading It was the third day that the mountains had been clear from fog and cloud, and they stood out against the sky in perfect whiteness.
slopes
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From this reading The snow-line had come lower down upon the slopes, and the beautiful crystals of frost hung on the tapering boughs of the pine-trees in the forests about Engelberg.
snow-line
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From this reading The snow-line had come lower down upon the slopes, and the beautiful crystals of frost hung on the tapering boughs of the pine-trees in the forests about Engelberg.
STEPS
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From this reading ON THE ALTAR STEPS.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the third day that the mountains had been clear from fog and cloud, and they stood out against the sky in perfect whiteness.
stranger
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From this reading It was as the bells of the Abbey rang for matins that the stranger died.
tapering
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From this reading The snow-line had come lower down upon the slopes, and the beautiful crystals of frost hung on the tapering boughs of the pine-trees in the forests about Engelberg.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was as the bells of the Abbey rang for matins that the stranger died.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON THE ALTAR STEPS.
then
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From this reading For a few minutes Roland remained beside him, and then he called in the women to attend to the dead, and went out into the fresh morning air.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was the third day that the mountains had been clear from fog and cloud, and they stood out against the sky in perfect whiteness.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the third day that the mountains had been clear from fog and cloud, and they stood out against the sky in perfect whiteness.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For a few minutes Roland remained beside him, and then he called in the women to attend to the dead, and went out into the fresh morning air.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The snow-line had come lower down upon the slopes, and the beautiful crystals of frost hung on the tapering boughs of the pine-trees in the forests about Engelberg.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was as the bells of the Abbey rang for matins that the stranger died.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For a few minutes Roland remained beside him, and then he called in the women to attend to the dead, and went out into the fresh morning air.
whiteness
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From this reading It was the third day that the mountains had been clear from fog and cloud, and they stood out against the sky in perfect whiteness.
women
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From this reading For a few minutes Roland remained beside him, and then he called in the women to attend to the dead, and went out into the fresh morning air.
