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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading IN MAIDEN MEDITATION It was afternoon, about five o'clock.
AboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Above the rim of the silver-blue sea--patched with purple stains in the middle distance--webs of steamer smoke lay along the southern sky.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Upon the sandy skirts of the Bar, across the river just opposite, three cormorants--glossy black against the yellow--postured in extravagant angular attitudes drying their wings.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading IN MAIDEN MEDITATION It was afternoon, about five o'clock.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Upon the sandy skirts of the Bar, across the river just opposite, three cormorants--glossy black against the yellow--postured in extravagant angular attitudes drying their wings.
air
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From this reading The air was heavy with garden scents, the aromatic sweetness of sun-baked gorse and pine-scrub on the warren, and with the reek off the mud-flats of the Haven, the tide being low.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Above the rim of the silver-blue sea--patched with purple stains in the middle distance--webs of steamer smoke lay along the southern sky.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The fine September weather, hot and cloudless, lasted still.
angular
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From this reading Upon the sandy skirts of the Bar, across the river just opposite, three cormorants--glossy black against the yellow--postured in extravagant angular attitudes drying their wings.
aromatic
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From this reading The air was heavy with garden scents, the aromatic sweetness of sun-baked gorse and pine-scrub on the warren, and with the reek off the mud-flats of the Haven, the tide being low.
attitudes
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From this reading Upon the sandy skirts of the Bar, across the river just opposite, three cormorants--glossy black against the yellow--postured in extravagant angular attitudes drying their wings.
Bar
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From this reading Upon the sandy skirts of the Bar, across the river just opposite, three cormorants--glossy black against the yellow--postured in extravagant angular attitudes drying their wings.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The air was heavy with garden scents, the aromatic sweetness of sun-baked gorse and pine-scrub on the warren, and with the reek off the mud-flats of the Haven, the tide being low.
black
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From this reading Upon the sandy skirts of the Bar, across the river just opposite, three cormorants--glossy black against the yellow--postured in extravagant angular attitudes drying their wings.
cloudless
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From this reading The fine September weather, hot and cloudless, lasted still.
cormorants
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From this reading Upon the sandy skirts of the Bar, across the river just opposite, three cormorants--glossy black against the yellow--postured in extravagant angular attitudes drying their wings.
distance
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From this reading Above the rim of the silver-blue sea--patched with purple stains in the middle distance--webs of steamer smoke lay along the southern sky.
drying
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From this reading Upon the sandy skirts of the Bar, across the river just opposite, three cormorants--glossy black against the yellow--postured in extravagant angular attitudes drying their wings.
extravagant
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From this reading Upon the sandy skirts of the Bar, across the river just opposite, three cormorants--glossy black against the yellow--postured in extravagant angular attitudes drying their wings.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fine September weather, hot and cloudless, lasted still.
five
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From this reading IN MAIDEN MEDITATION It was afternoon, about five o'clock.
garden
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From this reading The air was heavy with garden scents, the aromatic sweetness of sun-baked gorse and pine-scrub on the warren, and with the reek off the mud-flats of the Haven, the tide being low.
glossy
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From this reading Upon the sandy skirts of the Bar, across the river just opposite, three cormorants--glossy black against the yellow--postured in extravagant angular attitudes drying their wings.
gorse
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From this reading The air was heavy with garden scents, the aromatic sweetness of sun-baked gorse and pine-scrub on the warren, and with the reek off the mud-flats of the Haven, the tide being low.
Haven
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From this reading The air was heavy with garden scents, the aromatic sweetness of sun-baked gorse and pine-scrub on the warren, and with the reek off the mud-flats of the Haven, the tide being low.
heavy
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From this reading The air was heavy with garden scents, the aromatic sweetness of sun-baked gorse and pine-scrub on the warren, and with the reek off the mud-flats of the Haven, the tide being low.
hot
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From this reading The fine September weather, hot and cloudless, lasted still.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN MAIDEN MEDITATION It was afternoon, about five o'clock.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading IN MAIDEN MEDITATION It was afternoon, about five o'clock.
just
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From this reading Upon the sandy skirts of the Bar, across the river just opposite, three cormorants--glossy black against the yellow--postured in extravagant angular attitudes drying their wings.
lasted
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From this reading The fine September weather, hot and cloudless, lasted still.
lay
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From this reading Above the rim of the silver-blue sea--patched with purple stains in the middle distance--webs of steamer smoke lay along the southern sky.
low
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From this reading The air was heavy with garden scents, the aromatic sweetness of sun-baked gorse and pine-scrub on the warren, and with the reek off the mud-flats of the Haven, the tide being low.
MAIDENnoun, literaryUS /ˈmeɪdən/
a young woman who is not married
From this reading IN MAIDEN MEDITATION It was afternoon, about five o'clock.
MEDITATION
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From this reading IN MAIDEN MEDITATION It was afternoon, about five o'clock.
middle
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From this reading Above the rim of the silver-blue sea--patched with purple stains in the middle distance--webs of steamer smoke lay along the southern sky.
mud-flats
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From this reading The air was heavy with garden scents, the aromatic sweetness of sun-baked gorse and pine-scrub on the warren, and with the reek off the mud-flats of the Haven, the tide being low.
o'clock
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From this reading IN MAIDEN MEDITATION It was afternoon, about five o'clock.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The air was heavy with garden scents, the aromatic sweetness of sun-baked gorse and pine-scrub on the warren, and with the reek off the mud-flats of the Haven, the tide being low.
off
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From this reading The air was heavy with garden scents, the aromatic sweetness of sun-baked gorse and pine-scrub on the warren, and with the reek off the mud-flats of the Haven, the tide being low.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The air was heavy with garden scents, the aromatic sweetness of sun-baked gorse and pine-scrub on the warren, and with the reek off the mud-flats of the Haven, the tide being low.
opposite
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From this reading Upon the sandy skirts of the Bar, across the river just opposite, three cormorants--glossy black against the yellow--postured in extravagant angular attitudes drying their wings.
patched
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From this reading Above the rim of the silver-blue sea--patched with purple stains in the middle distance--webs of steamer smoke lay along the southern sky.
pine-scrub
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From this reading The air was heavy with garden scents, the aromatic sweetness of sun-baked gorse and pine-scrub on the warren, and with the reek off the mud-flats of the Haven, the tide being low.
postured
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From this reading Upon the sandy skirts of the Bar, across the river just opposite, three cormorants--glossy black against the yellow--postured in extravagant angular attitudes drying their wings.
purple
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From this reading Above the rim of the silver-blue sea--patched with purple stains in the middle distance--webs of steamer smoke lay along the southern sky.
reek
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From this reading The air was heavy with garden scents, the aromatic sweetness of sun-baked gorse and pine-scrub on the warren, and with the reek off the mud-flats of the Haven, the tide being low.
rim
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From this reading Above the rim of the silver-blue sea--patched with purple stains in the middle distance--webs of steamer smoke lay along the southern sky.
river
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From this reading Upon the sandy skirts of the Bar, across the river just opposite, three cormorants--glossy black against the yellow--postured in extravagant angular attitudes drying their wings.
sandy
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From this reading Upon the sandy skirts of the Bar, across the river just opposite, three cormorants--glossy black against the yellow--postured in extravagant angular attitudes drying their wings.
scents
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From this reading The air was heavy with garden scents, the aromatic sweetness of sun-baked gorse and pine-scrub on the warren, and with the reek off the mud-flats of the Haven, the tide being low.
sea
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From this reading Above the rim of the silver-blue sea--patched with purple stains in the middle distance--webs of steamer smoke lay along the southern sky.
September
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From this reading The fine September weather, hot and cloudless, lasted still.
silver-blue
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From this reading Above the rim of the silver-blue sea--patched with purple stains in the middle distance--webs of steamer smoke lay along the southern sky.
skirts
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From this reading Upon the sandy skirts of the Bar, across the river just opposite, three cormorants--glossy black against the yellow--postured in extravagant angular attitudes drying their wings.
sky
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From this reading Above the rim of the silver-blue sea--patched with purple stains in the middle distance--webs of steamer smoke lay along the southern sky.
smoke
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From this reading Above the rim of the silver-blue sea--patched with purple stains in the middle distance--webs of steamer smoke lay along the southern sky.
southern
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From this reading Above the rim of the silver-blue sea--patched with purple stains in the middle distance--webs of steamer smoke lay along the southern sky.
stains
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From this reading Above the rim of the silver-blue sea--patched with purple stains in the middle distance--webs of steamer smoke lay along the southern sky.
steamer
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From this reading Above the rim of the silver-blue sea--patched with purple stains in the middle distance--webs of steamer smoke lay along the southern sky.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fine September weather, hot and cloudless, lasted still.
sun-baked
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From this reading The air was heavy with garden scents, the aromatic sweetness of sun-baked gorse and pine-scrub on the warren, and with the reek off the mud-flats of the Haven, the tide being low.
sweetness
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From this reading The air was heavy with garden scents, the aromatic sweetness of sun-baked gorse and pine-scrub on the warren, and with the reek off the mud-flats of the Haven, the tide being low.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The fine September weather, hot and cloudless, lasted still.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Upon the sandy skirts of the Bar, across the river just opposite, three cormorants--glossy black against the yellow--postured in extravagant angular attitudes drying their wings.
three
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From this reading Upon the sandy skirts of the Bar, across the river just opposite, three cormorants--glossy black against the yellow--postured in extravagant angular attitudes drying their wings.
tide
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From this reading The air was heavy with garden scents, the aromatic sweetness of sun-baked gorse and pine-scrub on the warren, and with the reek off the mud-flats of the Haven, the tide being low.
UponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Upon the sandy skirts of the Bar, across the river just opposite, three cormorants--glossy black against the yellow--postured in extravagant angular attitudes drying their wings.
warren
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From this reading The air was heavy with garden scents, the aromatic sweetness of sun-baked gorse and pine-scrub on the warren, and with the reek off the mud-flats of the Haven, the tide being low.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IN MAIDEN MEDITATION It was afternoon, about five o'clock.
weather
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From this reading The fine September weather, hot and cloudless, lasted still.
webs
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From this reading Above the rim of the silver-blue sea--patched with purple stains in the middle distance--webs of steamer smoke lay along the southern sky.
wings
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From this reading Upon the sandy skirts of the Bar, across the river just opposite, three cormorants--glossy black against the yellow--postured in extravagant angular attitudes drying their wings.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The air was heavy with garden scents, the aromatic sweetness of sun-baked gorse and pine-scrub on the warren, and with the reek off the mud-flats of the Haven, the tide being low.
yellow
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From this reading Upon the sandy skirts of the Bar, across the river just opposite, three cormorants--glossy black against the yellow--postured in extravagant angular attitudes drying their wings.
