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affright
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From this reading Stealing to the portico from the house had come Barbara Hare, her eyes strained in dread affright on the grove of trees at the foot of the garden.
aloft
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From this reading Never was the moon brighter; it lighted the far-stretching garden, it illuminated even the weathercock aloft, it shone upon the portico, and upon one who appeared in it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Cold and still looked the old house in the moonbeams.
appeared
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From this reading Never was the moon brighter; it lighted the far-stretching garden, it illuminated even the weathercock aloft, it shone upon the portico, and upon one who appeared in it.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading What was it that had stepped out of that grove of trees, and mysteriously beckoned to her as she stood at the window, turning her heart to sickness as she gazed?
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Stealing to the portico from the house had come Barbara Hare, her eyes strained in dread affright on the grove of trees at the foot of the garden.
Barbara
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From this reading Stealing to the portico from the house had come Barbara Hare, her eyes strained in dread affright on the grove of trees at the foot of the garden.
beckoned
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From this reading What was it that had stepped out of that grove of trees, and mysteriously beckoned to her as she stood at the window, turning her heart to sickness as she gazed?
brighter
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From this reading Never was the moon brighter; it lighted the far-stretching garden, it illuminated even the weathercock aloft, it shone upon the portico, and upon one who appeared in it.
Cold
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From this reading Cold and still looked the old house in the moonbeams.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Stealing to the portico from the house had come Barbara Hare, her eyes strained in dread affright on the grove of trees at the foot of the garden.
dread
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From this reading Stealing to the portico from the house had come Barbara Hare, her eyes strained in dread affright on the grove of trees at the foot of the garden.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Never was the moon brighter; it lighted the far-stretching garden, it illuminated even the weathercock aloft, it shone upon the portico, and upon one who appeared in it.
eyes
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From this reading Stealing to the portico from the house had come Barbara Hare, her eyes strained in dread affright on the grove of trees at the foot of the garden.
far-stretching
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From this reading Never was the moon brighter; it lighted the far-stretching garden, it illuminated even the weathercock aloft, it shone upon the portico, and upon one who appeared in it.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Stealing to the portico from the house had come Barbara Hare, her eyes strained in dread affright on the grove of trees at the foot of the garden.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Stealing to the portico from the house had come Barbara Hare, her eyes strained in dread affright on the grove of trees at the foot of the garden.
garden
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From this reading Never was the moon brighter; it lighted the far-stretching garden, it illuminated even the weathercock aloft, it shone upon the portico, and upon one who appeared in it.
gazed
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From this reading What was it that had stepped out of that grove of trees, and mysteriously beckoned to her as she stood at the window, turning her heart to sickness as she gazed?
grove
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From this reading Stealing to the portico from the house had come Barbara Hare, her eyes strained in dread affright on the grove of trees at the foot of the garden.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Stealing to the portico from the house had come Barbara Hare, her eyes strained in dread affright on the grove of trees at the foot of the garden.
Hare
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From this reading Stealing to the portico from the house had come Barbara Hare, her eyes strained in dread affright on the grove of trees at the foot of the garden.
heart
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From this reading What was it that had stepped out of that grove of trees, and mysteriously beckoned to her as she stood at the window, turning her heart to sickness as she gazed?
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Stealing to the portico from the house had come Barbara Hare, her eyes strained in dread affright on the grove of trees at the foot of the garden.
house
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From this reading Cold and still looked the old house in the moonbeams.
illuminated
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From this reading Never was the moon brighter; it lighted the far-stretching garden, it illuminated even the weathercock aloft, it shone upon the portico, and upon one who appeared in it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Cold and still looked the old house in the moonbeams.
INTERVIEW
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From this reading THE MOONLIGHT INTERVIEW.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Never was the moon brighter; it lighted the far-stretching garden, it illuminated even the weathercock aloft, it shone upon the portico, and upon one who appeared in it.
lighted
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From this reading Never was the moon brighter; it lighted the far-stretching garden, it illuminated even the weathercock aloft, it shone upon the portico, and upon one who appeared in it.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cold and still looked the old house in the moonbeams.
moon
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From this reading Never was the moon brighter; it lighted the far-stretching garden, it illuminated even the weathercock aloft, it shone upon the portico, and upon one who appeared in it.
moonbeams
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From this reading Cold and still looked the old house in the moonbeams.
MOONLIGHT
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From this reading THE MOONLIGHT INTERVIEW.
mysteriously
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From this reading What was it that had stepped out of that grove of trees, and mysteriously beckoned to her as she stood at the window, turning her heart to sickness as she gazed?
NevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Never was the moon brighter; it lighted the far-stretching garden, it illuminated even the weathercock aloft, it shone upon the portico, and upon one who appeared in it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Stealing to the portico from the house had come Barbara Hare, her eyes strained in dread affright on the grove of trees at the foot of the garden.
old
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From this reading Cold and still looked the old house in the moonbeams.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Stealing to the portico from the house had come Barbara Hare, her eyes strained in dread affright on the grove of trees at the foot of the garden.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Never was the moon brighter; it lighted the far-stretching garden, it illuminated even the weathercock aloft, it shone upon the portico, and upon one who appeared in it.
out
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From this reading What was it that had stepped out of that grove of trees, and mysteriously beckoned to her as she stood at the window, turning her heart to sickness as she gazed?
portico
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From this reading Never was the moon brighter; it lighted the far-stretching garden, it illuminated even the weathercock aloft, it shone upon the portico, and upon one who appeared in it.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What was it that had stepped out of that grove of trees, and mysteriously beckoned to her as she stood at the window, turning her heart to sickness as she gazed?
shone
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From this reading Never was the moon brighter; it lighted the far-stretching garden, it illuminated even the weathercock aloft, it shone upon the portico, and upon one who appeared in it.
sickness
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From this reading What was it that had stepped out of that grove of trees, and mysteriously beckoned to her as she stood at the window, turning her heart to sickness as she gazed?
Stealing
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From this reading Stealing to the portico from the house had come Barbara Hare, her eyes strained in dread affright on the grove of trees at the foot of the garden.
stepped
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From this reading What was it that had stepped out of that grove of trees, and mysteriously beckoned to her as she stood at the window, turning her heart to sickness as she gazed?
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cold and still looked the old house in the moonbeams.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What was it that had stepped out of that grove of trees, and mysteriously beckoned to her as she stood at the window, turning her heart to sickness as she gazed?
strained
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From this reading Stealing to the portico from the house had come Barbara Hare, her eyes strained in dread affright on the grove of trees at the foot of the garden.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What was it that had stepped out of that grove of trees, and mysteriously beckoned to her as she stood at the window, turning her heart to sickness as she gazed?
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MOONLIGHT INTERVIEW.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Stealing to the portico from the house had come Barbara Hare, her eyes strained in dread affright on the grove of trees at the foot of the garden.
trees
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From this reading Stealing to the portico from the house had come Barbara Hare, her eyes strained in dread affright on the grove of trees at the foot of the garden.
turning
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From this reading What was it that had stepped out of that grove of trees, and mysteriously beckoned to her as she stood at the window, turning her heart to sickness as she gazed?
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Never was the moon brighter; it lighted the far-stretching garden, it illuminated even the weathercock aloft, it shone upon the portico, and upon one who appeared in it.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Never was the moon brighter; it lighted the far-stretching garden, it illuminated even the weathercock aloft, it shone upon the portico, and upon one who appeared in it.
weathercock
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From this reading Never was the moon brighter; it lighted the far-stretching garden, it illuminated even the weathercock aloft, it shone upon the portico, and upon one who appeared in it.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What was it that had stepped out of that grove of trees, and mysteriously beckoned to her as she stood at the window, turning her heart to sickness as she gazed?
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Never was the moon brighter; it lighted the far-stretching garden, it illuminated even the weathercock aloft, it shone upon the portico, and upon one who appeared in it.
window
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From this reading What was it that had stepped out of that grove of trees, and mysteriously beckoned to her as she stood at the window, turning her heart to sickness as she gazed?
