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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 THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
alike
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From this reading Tabaret curtains and upholsterings, originally maroon, now dulled by sea damp and bleached by sun-glare to a uniform tone in which colour and pattern were alike obliterated.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
appearances
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From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
arrayed
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From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
avenue
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From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
away
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From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
bachelor's
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From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading These surmounted by softly shining, pearl-grey Chinese godlings, monsters, philosophers and saints, the shelves below packed with neatly ranged books.
bleached
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From this reading Tabaret curtains and upholsterings, originally maroon, now dulled by sea damp and bleached by sun-glare to a uniform tone in which colour and pattern were alike obliterated.
book-cases
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From this reading Handsome copperplate engravings of Pisa and of Rome, and pastel portraits in oval frames; the rest of the whity brown panelled wall space hidden by book-cases.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading These surmounted by softly shining, pearl-grey Chinese godlings, monsters, philosophers and saints, the shelves below packed with neatly ranged books.
brown
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From this reading Handsome copperplate engravings of Pisa and of Rome, and pastel portraits in oval frames; the rest of the whity brown panelled wall space hidden by book-cases.
bulky
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From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
centre
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From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
Chinese
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From this reading These surmounted by softly shining, pearl-grey Chinese godlings, monsters, philosophers and saints, the shelves below packed with neatly ranged books.
coats
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From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
colour
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From this reading Tabaret curtains and upholsterings, originally maroon, now dulled by sea damp and bleached by sun-glare to a uniform tone in which colour and pattern were alike obliterated.
comfort
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From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
copperplate
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From this reading Handsome copperplate engravings of Pisa and of Rome, and pastel portraits in oval frames; the rest of the whity brown panelled wall space hidden by book-cases.
curtains
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From this reading Tabaret curtains and upholsterings, originally maroon, now dulled by sea damp and bleached by sun-glare to a uniform tone in which colour and pattern were alike obliterated.
cut
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From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
damp
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From this reading Tabaret curtains and upholsterings, originally maroon, now dulled by sea damp and bleached by sun-glare to a uniform tone in which colour and pattern were alike obliterated.
designed
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From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
door
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From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
DOUBTFULLY
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From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
dulled
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From this reading Tabaret curtains and upholsterings, originally maroon, now dulled by sea damp and bleached by sun-glare to a uniform tone in which colour and pattern were alike obliterated.
dumpy
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From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
Eighteenth-century
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From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
engravings
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From this reading Handsome copperplate engravings of Pisa and of Rome, and pastel portraits in oval frames; the rest of the whity brown panelled wall space hidden by book-cases.
figures
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From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
four
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From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
frames
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From this reading Handsome copperplate engravings of Pisa and of Rome, and pastel portraits in oval frames; the rest of the whity brown panelled wall space hidden by book-cases.
full-skirted
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From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
furniture
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From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
garden
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From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
glass
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godlings
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From this reading These surmounted by softly shining, pearl-grey Chinese godlings, monsters, philosophers and saints, the shelves below packed with neatly ranged books.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
HandsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Handsome copperplate engravings of Pisa and of Rome, and pastel portraits in oval frames; the rest of the whity brown panelled wall space hidden by book-cases.
HARMONIOUS
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From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
heavy
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From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
hidden
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From this reading Handsome copperplate engravings of Pisa and of Rome, and pastel portraits in oval frames; the rest of the whity brown panelled wall space hidden by book-cases.
ignoble
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From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
judging
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From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
leading
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line
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From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
low
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From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
man's
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From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
maroon
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From this reading Tabaret curtains and upholsterings, originally maroon, now dulled by sea damp and bleached by sun-glare to a uniform tone in which colour and pattern were alike obliterated.
monsters
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From this reading These surmounted by softly shining, pearl-grey Chinese godlings, monsters, philosophers and saints, the shelves below packed with neatly ranged books.
napped
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From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
narrow
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From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
neatly
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From this reading These surmounted by softly shining, pearl-grey Chinese godlings, monsters, philosophers and saints, the shelves below packed with neatly ranged books.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
now
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From this reading Tabaret curtains and upholsterings, originally maroon, now dulled by sea damp and bleached by sun-glare to a uniform tone in which colour and pattern were alike obliterated.
obliterated
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From this reading Tabaret curtains and upholsterings, originally maroon, now dulled by sea damp and bleached by sun-glare to a uniform tone in which colour and pattern were alike obliterated.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
opening
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From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
originally
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From this reading Tabaret curtains and upholsterings, originally maroon, now dulled by sea damp and bleached by sun-glare to a uniform tone in which colour and pattern were alike obliterated.
oval
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From this reading Handsome copperplate engravings of Pisa and of Rome, and pastel portraits in oval frames; the rest of the whity brown panelled wall space hidden by book-cases.
packed
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From this reading These surmounted by softly shining, pearl-grey Chinese godlings, monsters, philosophers and saints, the shelves below packed with neatly ranged books.
panelled
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From this reading Handsome copperplate engravings of Pisa and of Rome, and pastel portraits in oval frames; the rest of the whity brown panelled wall space hidden by book-cases.
PARTS
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From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
passagenounUS /ˈpassage/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
pastel
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From this reading Handsome copperplate engravings of Pisa and of Rome, and pastel portraits in oval frames; the rest of the whity brown panelled wall space hidden by book-cases.
pattern
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From this reading Tabaret curtains and upholsterings, originally maroon, now dulled by sea damp and bleached by sun-glare to a uniform tone in which colour and pattern were alike obliterated.
paunched
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From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
pearl-grey
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From this reading These surmounted by softly shining, pearl-grey Chinese godlings, monsters, philosophers and saints, the shelves below packed with neatly ranged books.
philosophers
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From this reading These surmounted by softly shining, pearl-grey Chinese godlings, monsters, philosophers and saints, the shelves below packed with neatly ranged books.
pillars
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From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
Pisa
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From this reading Handsome copperplate engravings of Pisa and of Rome, and pastel portraits in oval frames; the rest of the whity brown panelled wall space hidden by book-cases.
portraits
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From this reading Handsome copperplate engravings of Pisa and of Rome, and pastel portraits in oval frames; the rest of the whity brown panelled wall space hidden by book-cases.
ranged
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From this reading These surmounted by softly shining, pearl-grey Chinese godlings, monsters, philosophers and saints, the shelves below packed with neatly ranged books.
rather
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From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
rectangular
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From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Handsome copperplate engravings of Pisa and of Rome, and pastel portraits in oval frames; the rest of the whity brown panelled wall space hidden by book-cases.
Rome
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From this reading Handsome copperplate engravings of Pisa and of Rome, and pastel portraits in oval frames; the rest of the whity brown panelled wall space hidden by book-cases.
room
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From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
saints
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From this reading These surmounted by softly shining, pearl-grey Chinese godlings, monsters, philosophers and saints, the shelves below packed with neatly ranged books.
sea
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From this reading Tabaret curtains and upholsterings, originally maroon, now dulled by sea damp and bleached by sun-glare to a uniform tone in which colour and pattern were alike obliterated.
shelvesnounUS /ʃelvz/
Plural of shelf; the vast wooden or stone structures holding archives.
From this reading These surmounted by softly shining, pearl-grey Chinese godlings, monsters, philosophers and saints, the shelves below packed with neatly ranged books.
shining
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From this reading These surmounted by softly shining, pearl-grey Chinese godlings, monsters, philosophers and saints, the shelves below packed with neatly ranged books.
side
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From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
softly
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From this reading These surmounted by softly shining, pearl-grey Chinese godlings, monsters, philosophers and saints, the shelves below packed with neatly ranged books.
space
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From this reading Handsome copperplate engravings of Pisa and of Rome, and pastel portraits in oval frames; the rest of the whity brown panelled wall space hidden by book-cases.
sun-glare
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From this reading Tabaret curtains and upholsterings, originally maroon, now dulled by sea damp and bleached by sun-glare to a uniform tone in which colour and pattern were alike obliterated.
supported
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From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
surmounted
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From this reading These surmounted by softly shining, pearl-grey Chinese godlings, monsters, philosophers and saints, the shelves below packed with neatly ranged books.
Tabaret
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From this reading Tabaret curtains and upholsterings, originally maroon, now dulled by sea damp and bleached by sun-glare to a uniform tone in which colour and pattern were alike obliterated.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These surmounted by softly shining, pearl-grey Chinese godlings, monsters, philosophers and saints, the shelves below packed with neatly ranged books.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
tone
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From this reading Tabaret curtains and upholsterings, originally maroon, now dulled by sea damp and bleached by sun-glare to a uniform tone in which colour and pattern were alike obliterated.
uniform
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From this reading Tabaret curtains and upholsterings, originally maroon, now dulled by sea damp and bleached by sun-glare to a uniform tone in which colour and pattern were alike obliterated.
upholsterings
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From this reading Tabaret curtains and upholsterings, originally maroon, now dulled by sea damp and bleached by sun-glare to a uniform tone in which colour and pattern were alike obliterated.
waistcoats
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From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
wall
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From this reading Handsome copperplate engravings of Pisa and of Rome, and pastel portraits in oval frames; the rest of the whity brown panelled wall space hidden by book-cases.
walls
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From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Tabaret curtains and upholsterings, originally maroon, now dulled by sea damp and bleached by sun-glare to a uniform tone in which colour and pattern were alike obliterated.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Tabaret curtains and upholsterings, originally maroon, now dulled by sea damp and bleached by sun-glare to a uniform tone in which colour and pattern were alike obliterated.
whity
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From this reading Handsome copperplate engravings of Pisa and of Rome, and pastel portraits in oval frames; the rest of the whity brown panelled wall space hidden by book-cases.
WHOLE
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From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
wide-seated
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From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading These surmounted by softly shining, pearl-grey Chinese godlings, monsters, philosophers and saints, the shelves below packed with neatly ranged books.
woman's
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From this reading A man's room rather than a woman's, and, judging by appearances, a bachelor's at that.--Eighteenth-century furniture, not ignoble in line, but heavy, wide-seated, designed for the comfort of bulky paunched figures arrayed in long napped waistcoats and full-skirted coats.
wooden
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From this reading THE DOUBTFULLY HARMONIOUS PARTS OF A WHOLE A long, low, rectangular and rather narrow room, supported across the centre--where passage walls had been cut away--by an avenue of dumpy wooden pillars, four on either side, leading to a glass door opening on to the garden.
