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136
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
addressing
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
Aegir
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
air
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From this reading Beside her, Edith reclined on the sward, and seemed with idle hand tracing characters in the air.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Fair, broad, and calm set the sun over the western woodlands.
apathy
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From this reading The girl had grown paler still, since Harold last parted from her on the same spot, and the same listless and despondent apathy stamped her smileless lips and her bended head.
Asas
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
bended
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From this reading The girl had grown paler still, since Harold last parted from her on the same spot, and the same listless and despondent apathy stamped her smileless lips and her bended head.
BesideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading Beside her, Edith reclined on the sward, and seemed with idle hand tracing characters in the air.
broad
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From this reading Fair, broad, and calm set the sun over the western woodlands.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
calm
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From this reading Fair, broad, and calm set the sun over the western woodlands.
characters
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From this reading Beside her, Edith reclined on the sward, and seemed with idle hand tracing characters in the air.
child
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
comes
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
deeps
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
despondent
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From this reading The girl had grown paler still, since Harold last parted from her on the same spot, and the same listless and despondent apathy stamped her smileless lips and her bended head.
down
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
East
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
Edith
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From this reading Beside her, Edith reclined on the sward, and seemed with idle hand tracing characters in the air.
eyes
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From this reading Hilda stood on the mound, and looked with undazzled eyes on the sinking orb.
FairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Fair, broad, and calm set the sun over the western woodlands.
far
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The girl had grown paler still, since Harold last parted from her on the same spot, and the same listless and despondent apathy stamped her smileless lips and her bended head.
gates
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
gazed
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
girl
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From this reading The girl had grown paler still, since Harold last parted from her on the same spot, and the same listless and despondent apathy stamped her smileless lips and her bended head.
goes
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
golden
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
grown
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From this reading The girl had grown paler still, since Harold last parted from her on the same spot, and the same listless and despondent apathy stamped her smileless lips and her bended head.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The girl had grown paler still, since Harold last parted from her on the same spot, and the same listless and despondent apathy stamped her smileless lips and her bended head.
halls
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
hand
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From this reading Beside her, Edith reclined on the sward, and seemed with idle hand tracing characters in the air.
Harold
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From this reading The girl had grown paler still, since Harold last parted from her on the same spot, and the same listless and despondent apathy stamped her smileless lips and her bended head.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
head
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From this reading The girl had grown paler still, since Harold last parted from her on the same spot, and the same listless and despondent apathy stamped her smileless lips and her bended head.
heart
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Beside her, Edith reclined on the sward, and seemed with idle hand tracing characters in the air.
Hilda
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From this reading Hilda stood on the mound, and looked with undazzled eyes on the sinking orb.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
idle
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From this reading Beside her, Edith reclined on the sward, and seemed with idle hand tracing characters in the air.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Beside her, Edith reclined on the sward, and seemed with idle hand tracing characters in the air.
joy
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The girl had grown paler still, since Harold last parted from her on the same spot, and the same listless and despondent apathy stamped her smileless lips and her bended head.
lips
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From this reading The girl had grown paler still, since Harold last parted from her on the same spot, and the same listless and despondent apathy stamped her smileless lips and her bended head.
listless
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From this reading The girl had grown paler still, since Harold last parted from her on the same spot, and the same listless and despondent apathy stamped her smileless lips and her bended head.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hilda stood on the mound, and looked with undazzled eyes on the sinking orb.
luminary
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
mound
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From this reading Hilda stood on the mound, and looked with undazzled eyes on the sinking orb.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Hilda stood on the mound, and looked with undazzled eyes on the sinking orb.
orb
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From this reading Hilda stood on the mound, and looked with undazzled eyes on the sinking orb.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Fair, broad, and calm set the sun over the western woodlands.
paler
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From this reading The girl had grown paler still, since Harold last parted from her on the same spot, and the same listless and despondent apathy stamped her smileless lips and her bended head.
parted
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From this reading The girl had grown paler still, since Harold last parted from her on the same spot, and the same listless and despondent apathy stamped her smileless lips and her bended head.
Rana
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
reclined
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From this reading Beside her, Edith reclined on the sward, and seemed with idle hand tracing characters in the air.
said
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The girl had grown paler still, since Harold last parted from her on the same spot, and the same listless and despondent apathy stamped her smileless lips and her bended head.
sea
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
See
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Beside her, Edith reclined on the sward, and seemed with idle hand tracing characters in the air.
set
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From this reading Fair, broad, and calm set the sun over the western woodlands.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading The girl had grown paler still, since Harold last parted from her on the same spot, and the same listless and despondent apathy stamped her smileless lips and her bended head.
sinking
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From this reading Hilda stood on the mound, and looked with undazzled eyes on the sinking orb.
smileless
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From this reading The girl had grown paler still, since Harold last parted from her on the same spot, and the same listless and despondent apathy stamped her smileless lips and her bended head.
spot
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From this reading The girl had grown paler still, since Harold last parted from her on the same spot, and the same listless and despondent apathy stamped her smileless lips and her bended head.
stamped
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From this reading The girl had grown paler still, since Harold last parted from her on the same spot, and the same listless and despondent apathy stamped her smileless lips and her bended head.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The girl had grown paler still, since Harold last parted from her on the same spot, and the same listless and despondent apathy stamped her smileless lips and her bended head.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hilda stood on the mound, and looked with undazzled eyes on the sinking orb.
sun
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From this reading Fair, broad, and calm set the sun over the western woodlands.
sward
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From this reading Beside her, Edith reclined on the sward, and seemed with idle hand tracing characters in the air.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Fair, broad, and calm set the sun over the western woodlands.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
tracing
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From this reading Beside her, Edith reclined on the sward, and seemed with idle hand tracing characters in the air.
train
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
undazzled
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From this reading Hilda stood on the mound, and looked with undazzled eyes on the sinking orb.
watch
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
western
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From this reading Fair, broad, and calm set the sun over the western woodlands.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Hilda stood on the mound, and looked with undazzled eyes on the sinking orb.
woodlands
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From this reading Fair, broad, and calm set the sun over the western woodlands.
worlds
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From this reading “See, child of my heart,” said Hilda, addressing Edith, while she still gazed on the western luminary, “see, the sun goes down to the far deeps, where Rana and Aegir [136] watch over the worlds of the sea; but with morning he comes from the halls of the Asas--the golden gates of the East--and joy comes in his train.
