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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 FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nevertheless, this is how it looks to me in the retrospect; and to write of it, is like setting the pins of that mosaic work over again.
all
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From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading It is odd I should speak so; for I have known other holidays, when fewer clouds were in my sky and fewer life-shadows stretching along the landscape.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
back
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From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
beauty
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From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
bright
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From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
chequered
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From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
clouds
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From this reading It is odd I should speak so; for I have known other holidays, when fewer clouds were in my sky and fewer life-shadows stretching along the landscape.
coloursnounUS /ˈcolours/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
coming
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From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
fewer
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From this reading It is odd I should speak so; for I have known other holidays, when fewer clouds were in my sky and fewer life-shadows stretching along the landscape.
FLIGHT
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From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It is odd I should speak so; for I have known other holidays, when fewer clouds were in my sky and fewer life-shadows stretching along the landscape.
harassment
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From this reading Truly I have known other holidays; yet never one that took me out of so much harassment and perplexity.
harmony
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From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It is odd I should speak so; for I have known other holidays, when fewer clouds were in my sky and fewer life-shadows stretching along the landscape.
holiday
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From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
holidays
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From this reading It is odd I should speak so; for I have known other holidays, when fewer clouds were in my sky and fewer life-shadows stretching along the landscape.
how
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From this reading Nevertheless, this is how it looks to me in the retrospect; and to write of it, is like setting the pins of that mosaic work over again.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is odd I should speak so; for I have known other holidays, when fewer clouds were in my sky and fewer life-shadows stretching along the landscape.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
known
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From this reading It is odd I should speak so; for I have known other holidays, when fewer clouds were in my sky and fewer life-shadows stretching along the landscape.
laid
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From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
landscape
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From this reading It is odd I should speak so; for I have known other holidays, when fewer clouds were in my sky and fewer life-shadows stretching along the landscape.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
life-shadows
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From this reading It is odd I should speak so; for I have known other holidays, when fewer clouds were in my sky and fewer life-shadows stretching along the landscape.
like
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From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
looks
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From this reading Nevertheless, this is how it looks to me in the retrospect; and to write of it, is like setting the pins of that mosaic work over again.
lost
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From this reading Not one of them is lost in my memory.
making
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From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Nevertheless, this is how it looks to me in the retrospect; and to write of it, is like setting the pins of that mosaic work over again.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Not one of them is lost in my memory.
mosaic
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From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
much
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From this reading Truly I have known other holidays; yet never one that took me out of so much harassment and perplexity.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Truly I have known other holidays; yet never one that took me out of so much harassment and perplexity.
NeverthelessadverbUS /ˌnevərðəˈles/
in spite of what has just been said
From this reading Nevertheless, this is how it looks to me in the retrospect; and to write of it, is like setting the pins of that mosaic work over again.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not one of them is lost in my memory.
odd
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From this reading It is odd I should speak so; for I have known other holidays, when fewer clouds were in my sky and fewer life-shadows stretching along the landscape.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Not one of them is lost in my memory.
other
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From this reading It is odd I should speak so; for I have known other holidays, when fewer clouds were in my sky and fewer life-shadows stretching along the landscape.
out
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From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Nevertheless, this is how it looks to me in the retrospect; and to write of it, is like setting the pins of that mosaic work over again.
pattern
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From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
perplexity
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From this reading Truly I have known other holidays; yet never one that took me out of so much harassment and perplexity.
pieces
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From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
pins
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From this reading Nevertheless, this is how it looks to me in the retrospect; and to write of it, is like setting the pins of that mosaic work over again.
pleasure
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From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
retrospect
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From this reading Nevertheless, this is how it looks to me in the retrospect; and to write of it, is like setting the pins of that mosaic work over again.
seems
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From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
setting
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From this reading Nevertheless, this is how it looks to me in the retrospect; and to write of it, is like setting the pins of that mosaic work over again.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading It is odd I should speak so; for I have known other holidays, when fewer clouds were in my sky and fewer life-shadows stretching along the landscape.
sky
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From this reading It is odd I should speak so; for I have known other holidays, when fewer clouds were in my sky and fewer life-shadows stretching along the landscape.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It is odd I should speak so; for I have known other holidays, when fewer clouds were in my sky and fewer life-shadows stretching along the landscape.
speak
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From this reading It is odd I should speak so; for I have known other holidays, when fewer clouds were in my sky and fewer life-shadows stretching along the landscape.
stretching
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From this reading It is odd I should speak so; for I have known other holidays, when fewer clouds were in my sky and fewer life-shadows stretching along the landscape.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Not one of them is lost in my memory.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Nevertheless, this is how it looks to me in the retrospect; and to write of it, is like setting the pins of that mosaic work over again.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FLIGHT I am coming to the holiday of my life; a time that seems, as I look back to it, like a chequered mosaic of pleasure pieces laid in bright colours, all in harmony, and making out a pattern of beauty.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Truly I have known other holidays; yet never one that took me out of so much harassment and perplexity.
Truly
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From this reading Truly I have known other holidays; yet never one that took me out of so much harassment and perplexity.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It is odd I should speak so; for I have known other holidays, when fewer clouds were in my sky and fewer life-shadows stretching along the landscape.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It is odd I should speak so; for I have known other holidays, when fewer clouds were in my sky and fewer life-shadows stretching along the landscape.
work
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From this reading Nevertheless, this is how it looks to me in the retrospect; and to write of it, is like setting the pins of that mosaic work over again.
write
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From this reading Nevertheless, this is how it looks to me in the retrospect; and to write of it, is like setting the pins of that mosaic work over again.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Truly I have known other holidays; yet never one that took me out of so much harassment and perplexity.
