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Chapter XI
Night had come; a dark night of earliest spring. The wild day had sobbed itself to sleep after a restless life with fitful breaths of storm and many sighs of shuddering breezes. The sun had sunk, leaving long tracks of blood-red light across one-half the heavens. There was a sharp crisp coldness as of lingering frost in the gloom and the dullness. Heavy clouds, as yet unbroken, hung over the cathedral and the clustering roofs around it in dark and starless splendor.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “The sun had sunk, leaving long tracks of blood-red light across one-half the heavens.”
later than; following
From this reading “The wild day had sobbed itself to sleep after a restless life with fitful breaths of storm and many sighs of shuddering breezes.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “Heavy clouds, as yet unbroken, hung over the cathedral and the clustering roofs around it in dark and starless splendor.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Night had come; a dark night of earliest spring.”
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading “The wild day had sobbed itself to sleep after a restless life with fitful breaths of storm and many sighs of shuddering breezes.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The wild day had sobbed itself to sleep after a restless life with fitful breaths of storm and many sighs of shuddering breezes.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The sun had sunk, leaving long tracks of blood-red light across one-half the heavens.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Heavy clouds, as yet unbroken, hung over the cathedral and the clustering roofs around it in dark and starless splendor.”
Magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur and brilliance.
From this reading “Heavy clouds, as yet unbroken, hung over the cathedral and the clustering roofs around it in dark and starless splendor.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Heavy clouds, as yet unbroken, hung over the cathedral and the clustering roofs around it in dark and starless splendor.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Night had come; a dark night of earliest spring.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The sun had sunk, leaving long tracks of blood-red light across one-half the heavens.
later than; following
From this reading The wild day had sobbed itself to sleep after a restless life with fitful breaths of storm and many sighs of shuddering breezes.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The wild day had sobbed itself to sleep after a restless life with fitful breaths of storm and many sighs of shuddering breezes.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Heavy clouds, as yet unbroken, hung over the cathedral and the clustering roofs around it in dark and starless splendor.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There was a sharp crisp coldness as of lingering frost in the gloom and the dullness.
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From this reading The sun had sunk, leaving long tracks of blood-red light across one-half the heavens.
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From this reading The wild day had sobbed itself to sleep after a restless life with fitful breaths of storm and many sighs of shuddering breezes.
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From this reading The wild day had sobbed itself to sleep after a restless life with fitful breaths of storm and many sighs of shuddering breezes.
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From this reading Heavy clouds, as yet unbroken, hung over the cathedral and the clustering roofs around it in dark and starless splendor.
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From this reading Heavy clouds, as yet unbroken, hung over the cathedral and the clustering roofs around it in dark and starless splendor.
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From this reading Heavy clouds, as yet unbroken, hung over the cathedral and the clustering roofs around it in dark and starless splendor.
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From this reading There was a sharp crisp coldness as of lingering frost in the gloom and the dullness.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Night had come; a dark night of earliest spring.
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From this reading There was a sharp crisp coldness as of lingering frost in the gloom and the dullness.
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From this reading Night had come; a dark night of earliest spring.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The wild day had sobbed itself to sleep after a restless life with fitful breaths of storm and many sighs of shuddering breezes.
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From this reading There was a sharp crisp coldness as of lingering frost in the gloom and the dullness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Night had come; a dark night of earliest spring.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The wild day had sobbed itself to sleep after a restless life with fitful breaths of storm and many sighs of shuddering breezes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was a sharp crisp coldness as of lingering frost in the gloom and the dullness.
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From this reading There was a sharp crisp coldness as of lingering frost in the gloom and the dullness.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Night had come; a dark night of earliest spring.
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From this reading The sun had sunk, leaving long tracks of blood-red light across one-half the heavens.
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From this reading Heavy clouds, as yet unbroken, hung over the cathedral and the clustering roofs around it in dark and starless splendor.
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From this reading Heavy clouds, as yet unbroken, hung over the cathedral and the clustering roofs around it in dark and starless splendor.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was a sharp crisp coldness as of lingering frost in the gloom and the dullness.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Heavy clouds, as yet unbroken, hung over the cathedral and the clustering roofs around it in dark and starless splendor.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The wild day had sobbed itself to sleep after a restless life with fitful breaths of storm and many sighs of shuddering breezes.
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From this reading The sun had sunk, leaving long tracks of blood-red light across one-half the heavens.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The wild day had sobbed itself to sleep after a restless life with fitful breaths of storm and many sighs of shuddering breezes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The sun had sunk, leaving long tracks of blood-red light across one-half the heavens.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was a sharp crisp coldness as of lingering frost in the gloom and the dullness.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun had sunk, leaving long tracks of blood-red light across one-half the heavens.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The wild day had sobbed itself to sleep after a restless life with fitful breaths of storm and many sighs of shuddering breezes.
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From this reading Night had come; a dark night of earliest spring.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Night had come; a dark night of earliest spring.
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From this reading The sun had sunk, leaving long tracks of blood-red light across one-half the heavens.
above and across; more than
From this reading Heavy clouds, as yet unbroken, hung over the cathedral and the clustering roofs around it in dark and starless splendor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The wild day had sobbed itself to sleep after a restless life with fitful breaths of storm and many sighs of shuddering breezes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Heavy clouds, as yet unbroken, hung over the cathedral and the clustering roofs around it in dark and starless splendor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was a sharp crisp coldness as of lingering frost in the gloom and the dullness.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The wild day had sobbed itself to sleep after a restless life with fitful breaths of storm and many sighs of shuddering breezes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The wild day had sobbed itself to sleep after a restless life with fitful breaths of storm and many sighs of shuddering breezes.
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From this reading The wild day had sobbed itself to sleep after a restless life with fitful breaths of storm and many sighs of shuddering breezes.
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From this reading The wild day had sobbed itself to sleep after a restless life with fitful breaths of storm and many sighs of shuddering breezes.
Magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur and brilliance.
From this reading Heavy clouds, as yet unbroken, hung over the cathedral and the clustering roofs around it in dark and starless splendor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Night had come; a dark night of earliest spring.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Heavy clouds, as yet unbroken, hung over the cathedral and the clustering roofs around it in dark and starless splendor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The wild day had sobbed itself to sleep after a restless life with fitful breaths of storm and many sighs of shuddering breezes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The sun had sunk, leaving long tracks of blood-red light across one-half the heavens.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The sun had sunk, leaving long tracks of blood-red light across one-half the heavens.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The wild day had sobbed itself to sleep after a restless life with fitful breaths of storm and many sighs of shuddering breezes.
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From this reading There was a sharp crisp coldness as of lingering frost in the gloom and the dullness.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The wild day had sobbed itself to sleep after a restless life with fitful breaths of storm and many sighs of shuddering breezes.
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From this reading The sun had sunk, leaving long tracks of blood-red light across one-half the heavens.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Heavy clouds, as yet unbroken, hung over the cathedral and the clustering roofs around it in dark and starless splendor.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a sharp crisp coldness as of lingering frost in the gloom and the dullness.
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From this reading The wild day had sobbed itself to sleep after a restless life with fitful breaths of storm and many sighs of shuddering breezes.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The wild day had sobbed itself to sleep after a restless life with fitful breaths of storm and many sighs of shuddering breezes.
but in spite of that
From this reading Heavy clouds, as yet unbroken, hung over the cathedral and the clustering roofs around it in dark and starless splendor.
