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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 An occasional outbreak from revellers in the bar-room below, a stumbling straggler along the planked sidewalk before the hotel, only seemed to intensify the rustic stillness.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading An occasional outbreak from revellers in the bar-room below, a stumbling straggler along the planked sidewalk before the hotel, only seemed to intensify the rustic stillness.
also
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From this reading He was also conscious of the recurrence of that vague, pleasurable recollection, so indefinite that, when he sought to identify it with anything--even the finding of the myrtle sprays on his desk--it evaded him.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An occasional outbreak from revellers in the bar-room below, a stumbling straggler along the planked sidewalk before the hotel, only seemed to intensify the rustic stillness.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When the door closed on Rupert the master pulled down the blind, and, trimming his lamp, tried to compose himself by reading.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading He was also conscious of the recurrence of that vague, pleasurable recollection, so indefinite that, when he sought to identify it with anything--even the finding of the myrtle sprays on his desk--it evaded him.
bar-room
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From this reading An occasional outbreak from revellers in the bar-room below, a stumbling straggler along the planked sidewalk before the hotel, only seemed to intensify the rustic stillness.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading An occasional outbreak from revellers in the bar-room below, a stumbling straggler along the planked sidewalk before the hotel, only seemed to intensify the rustic stillness.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading An occasional outbreak from revellers in the bar-room below, a stumbling straggler along the planked sidewalk before the hotel, only seemed to intensify the rustic stillness.
blind
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From this reading When the door closed on Rupert the master pulled down the blind, and, trimming his lamp, tried to compose himself by reading.
boundaries
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From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading When the door closed on Rupert the master pulled down the blind, and, trimming his lamp, tried to compose himself by reading.
candles
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From this reading Outside, the “Great Day for Indian Spring” was slowly evaporating in pale mists from the river, and the celebration itself spasmodically taking flight here and there in Roman candles and rockets.
celebration
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civic
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From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
closed
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columns
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From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
compose
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From this reading When the door closed on Rupert the master pulled down the blind, and, trimming his lamp, tried to compose himself by reading.
conscious
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From this reading He was also conscious of the recurrence of that vague, pleasurable recollection, so indefinite that, when he sought to identify it with anything--even the finding of the myrtle sprays on his desk--it evaded him.
coyote
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From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
Day
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desk
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From this reading He was also conscious of the recurrence of that vague, pleasurable recollection, so indefinite that, when he sought to identify it with anything--even the finding of the myrtle sprays on his desk--it evaded him.
door
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From this reading When the door closed on Rupert the master pulled down the blind, and, trimming his lamp, tried to compose himself by reading.
down
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From this reading When the door closed on Rupert the master pulled down the blind, and, trimming his lamp, tried to compose himself by reading.
evaded
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From this reading He was also conscious of the recurrence of that vague, pleasurable recollection, so indefinite that, when he sought to identify it with anything--even the finding of the myrtle sprays on his desk--it evaded him.
evaporating
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From this reading Outside, the “Great Day for Indian Spring” was slowly evaporating in pale mists from the river, and the celebration itself spasmodically taking flight here and there in Roman candles and rockets.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was also conscious of the recurrence of that vague, pleasurable recollection, so indefinite that, when he sought to identify it with anything--even the finding of the myrtle sprays on his desk--it evaded him.
far-off
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From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
finding
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From this reading He was also conscious of the recurrence of that vague, pleasurable recollection, so indefinite that, when he sought to identify it with anything--even the finding of the myrtle sprays on his desk--it evaded him.
flight
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From this reading Outside, the “Great Day for Indian Spring” was slowly evaporating in pale mists from the river, and the celebration itself spasmodically taking flight here and there in Roman candles and rockets.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Outside, the “Great Day for Indian Spring” was slowly evaporating in pale mists from the river, and the celebration itself spasmodically taking flight here and there in Roman candles and rockets.
Ford
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From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Outside, the “Great Day for Indian Spring” was slowly evaporating in pale mists from the river, and the celebration itself spasmodically taking flight here and there in Roman candles and rockets.
future
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From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
glowingnounUS /ˈglowing/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
GreatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Outside, the “Great Day for Indian Spring” was slowly evaporating in pale mists from the river, and the celebration itself spasmodically taking flight here and there in Roman candles and rockets.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was also conscious of the recurrence of that vague, pleasurable recollection, so indefinite that, when he sought to identify it with anything--even the finding of the myrtle sprays on his desk--it evaded him.
head
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From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Outside, the “Great Day for Indian Spring” was slowly evaporating in pale mists from the river, and the celebration itself spasmodically taking flight here and there in Roman candles and rockets.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was also conscious of the recurrence of that vague, pleasurable recollection, so indefinite that, when he sought to identify it with anything--even the finding of the myrtle sprays on his desk--it evaded him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading When the door closed on Rupert the master pulled down the blind, and, trimming his lamp, tried to compose himself by reading.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When the door closed on Rupert the master pulled down the blind, and, trimming his lamp, tried to compose himself by reading.
hotel
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From this reading An occasional outbreak from revellers in the bar-room below, a stumbling straggler along the planked sidewalk before the hotel, only seemed to intensify the rustic stillness.
identify
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From this reading He was also conscious of the recurrence of that vague, pleasurable recollection, so indefinite that, when he sought to identify it with anything--even the finding of the myrtle sprays on his desk--it evaded him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Outside, the “Great Day for Indian Spring” was slowly evaporating in pale mists from the river, and the celebration itself spasmodically taking flight here and there in Roman candles and rockets.
indefinite
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From this reading He was also conscious of the recurrence of that vague, pleasurable recollection, so indefinite that, when he sought to identify it with anything--even the finding of the myrtle sprays on his desk--it evaded him.
Indian
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From this reading Outside, the “Great Day for Indian Spring” was slowly evaporating in pale mists from the river, and the celebration itself spasmodically taking flight here and there in Roman candles and rockets.
influence
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From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
insensibly
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From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
intensify
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From this reading An occasional outbreak from revellers in the bar-room below, a stumbling straggler along the planked sidewalk before the hotel, only seemed to intensify the rustic stillness.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He was also conscious of the recurrence of that vague, pleasurable recollection, so indefinite that, when he sought to identify it with anything--even the finding of the myrtle sprays on his desk--it evaded him.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Outside, the “Great Day for Indian Spring” was slowly evaporating in pale mists from the river, and the celebration itself spasmodically taking flight here and there in Roman candles and rockets.
lamp
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From this reading When the door closed on Rupert the master pulled down the blind, and, trimming his lamp, tried to compose himself by reading.
lifted
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From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
listen
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From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
master
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From this reading When the door closed on Rupert the master pulled down the blind, and, trimming his lamp, tried to compose himself by reading.
mists
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From this reading Outside, the “Great Day for Indian Spring” was slowly evaporating in pale mists from the river, and the celebration itself spasmodically taking flight here and there in Roman candles and rockets.
Mr
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From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
myrtle
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From this reading He was also conscious of the recurrence of that vague, pleasurable recollection, so indefinite that, when he sought to identify it with anything--even the finding of the myrtle sprays on his desk--it evaded him.
Nature
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From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
occasional
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From this reading An occasional outbreak from revellers in the bar-room below, a stumbling straggler along the planked sidewalk before the hotel, only seemed to intensify the rustic stillness.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When the door closed on Rupert the master pulled down the blind, and, trimming his lamp, tried to compose himself by reading.
only
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From this reading An occasional outbreak from revellers in the bar-room below, a stumbling straggler along the planked sidewalk before the hotel, only seemed to intensify the rustic stillness.
opposite
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From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
outbreak
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From this reading An occasional outbreak from revellers in the bar-room below, a stumbling straggler along the planked sidewalk before the hotel, only seemed to intensify the rustic stillness.
OutsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Outside, the “Great Day for Indian Spring” was slowly evaporating in pale mists from the river, and the celebration itself spasmodically taking flight here and there in Roman candles and rockets.
pale
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From this reading Outside, the “Great Day for Indian Spring” was slowly evaporating in pale mists from the river, and the celebration itself spasmodically taking flight here and there in Roman candles and rockets.
planked
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From this reading An occasional outbreak from revellers in the bar-room below, a stumbling straggler along the planked sidewalk before the hotel, only seemed to intensify the rustic stillness.
pleasurable
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From this reading He was also conscious of the recurrence of that vague, pleasurable recollection, so indefinite that, when he sought to identify it with anything--even the finding of the myrtle sprays on his desk--it evaded him.
pullednounUS /pulled/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the door closed on Rupert the master pulled down the blind, and, trimming his lamp, tried to compose himself by reading.
re-invested
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From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
reading
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From this reading When the door closed on Rupert the master pulled down the blind, and, trimming his lamp, tried to compose himself by reading.
recollection
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From this reading He was also conscious of the recurrence of that vague, pleasurable recollection, so indefinite that, when he sought to identify it with anything--even the finding of the myrtle sprays on his desk--it evaded him.
recurrence
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relaxation
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From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
remote
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From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
revellers
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From this reading An occasional outbreak from revellers in the bar-room below, a stumbling straggler along the planked sidewalk before the hotel, only seemed to intensify the rustic stillness.
river
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From this reading Outside, the “Great Day for Indian Spring” was slowly evaporating in pale mists from the river, and the celebration itself spasmodically taking flight here and there in Roman candles and rockets.
rockets
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From this reading Outside, the “Great Day for Indian Spring” was slowly evaporating in pale mists from the river, and the celebration itself spasmodically taking flight here and there in Roman candles and rockets.
Roman
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From this reading Outside, the “Great Day for Indian Spring” was slowly evaporating in pale mists from the river, and the celebration itself spasmodically taking flight here and there in Roman candles and rockets.
Rupert
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From this reading When the door closed on Rupert the master pulled down the blind, and, trimming his lamp, tried to compose himself by reading.
rustic
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From this reading An occasional outbreak from revellers in the bar-room below, a stumbling straggler along the planked sidewalk before the hotel, only seemed to intensify the rustic stillness.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An occasional outbreak from revellers in the bar-room below, a stumbling straggler along the planked sidewalk before the hotel, only seemed to intensify the rustic stillness.
shore
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From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
sidewalk
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From this reading An occasional outbreak from revellers in the bar-room below, a stumbling straggler along the planked sidewalk before the hotel, only seemed to intensify the rustic stillness.
slightest
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From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
slowly
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From this reading Outside, the “Great Day for Indian Spring” was slowly evaporating in pale mists from the river, and the celebration itself spasmodically taking flight here and there in Roman candles and rockets.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
sought
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From this reading He was also conscious of the recurrence of that vague, pleasurable recollection, so indefinite that, when he sought to identify it with anything--even the finding of the myrtle sprays on his desk--it evaded him.
spasmodically
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From this reading Outside, the “Great Day for Indian Spring” was slowly evaporating in pale mists from the river, and the celebration itself spasmodically taking flight here and there in Roman candles and rockets.
sprays
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From this reading He was also conscious of the recurrence of that vague, pleasurable recollection, so indefinite that, when he sought to identify it with anything--even the finding of the myrtle sprays on his desk--it evaded him.
Spring
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From this reading Outside, the “Great Day for Indian Spring” was slowly evaporating in pale mists from the river, and the celebration itself spasmodically taking flight here and there in Roman candles and rockets.
Star
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From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
stillness
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From this reading An occasional outbreak from revellers in the bar-room below, a stumbling straggler along the planked sidewalk before the hotel, only seemed to intensify the rustic stillness.
straggler
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From this reading An occasional outbreak from revellers in the bar-room below, a stumbling straggler along the planked sidewalk before the hotel, only seemed to intensify the rustic stillness.
stumbling
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From this reading An occasional outbreak from revellers in the bar-room below, a stumbling straggler along the planked sidewalk before the hotel, only seemed to intensify the rustic stillness.
taking
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From this reading Outside, the “Great Day for Indian Spring” was slowly evaporating in pale mists from the river, and the celebration itself spasmodically taking flight here and there in Roman candles and rockets.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When the door closed on Rupert the master pulled down the blind, and, trimming his lamp, tried to compose himself by reading.
there
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From this reading Outside, the “Great Day for Indian Spring” was slowly evaporating in pale mists from the river, and the celebration itself spasmodically taking flight here and there in Roman candles and rockets.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When the door closed on Rupert the master pulled down the blind, and, trimming his lamp, tried to compose himself by reading.
tried
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From this reading When the door closed on Rupert the master pulled down the blind, and, trimming his lamp, tried to compose himself by reading.
trimming
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From this reading When the door closed on Rupert the master pulled down the blind, and, trimming his lamp, tried to compose himself by reading.
vague
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From this reading He was also conscious of the recurrence of that vague, pleasurable recollection, so indefinite that, when he sought to identify it with anything--even the finding of the myrtle sprays on his desk--it evaded him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Outside, the “Great Day for Indian Spring” was slowly evaporating in pale mists from the river, and the celebration itself spasmodically taking flight here and there in Roman candles and rockets.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When the door closed on Rupert the master pulled down the blind, and, trimming his lamp, tried to compose himself by reading.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was also conscious of the recurrence of that vague, pleasurable recollection, so indefinite that, when he sought to identify it with anything--even the finding of the myrtle sprays on his desk--it evaded him.
yelp
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From this reading For the future of Indian Spring was still so remote that Nature insensibly re-invested its boundaries on the slightest relaxation of civic influence, and Mr. Ford lifted his head from the glowing columns of the “Star” to listen to the far-off yelp of a coyote on the opposite shore.
