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all
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From this reading The windows of the long drawing-room at Monksmoor are all thrown open to the conservatory.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Distant masses of plants and flowers, mingled in ever-varying forms of beauty, are touched by the melancholy luster of the rising moon.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The windows of the long drawing-room at Monksmoor are all thrown open to the conservatory.
aslant
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From this reading Nearer to the house, the restful shadows are disturbed at intervals, where streams of light fall over them aslant from the lamps in the room.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The windows of the long drawing-room at Monksmoor are all thrown open to the conservatory.
beauty
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From this reading Distant masses of plants and flowers, mingled in ever-varying forms of beauty, are touched by the melancholy luster of the rising moon.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Distant masses of plants and flowers, mingled in ever-varying forms of beauty, are touched by the melancholy luster of the rising moon.
conservatory
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From this reading The windows of the long drawing-room at Monksmoor are all thrown open to the conservatory.
DistantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading Distant masses of plants and flowers, mingled in ever-varying forms of beauty, are touched by the melancholy luster of the rising moon.
disturbed
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From this reading Nearer to the house, the restful shadows are disturbed at intervals, where streams of light fall over them aslant from the lamps in the room.
drawing-room
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From this reading The windows of the long drawing-room at Monksmoor are all thrown open to the conservatory.
ecstasy
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From this reading In rivalry with its lighter music, the nightingales are singing their song of ecstasy.
ever-varying
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From this reading Distant masses of plants and flowers, mingled in ever-varying forms of beauty, are touched by the melancholy luster of the rising moon.
fall
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From this reading Nearer to the house, the restful shadows are disturbed at intervals, where streams of light fall over them aslant from the lamps in the room.
flowers
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From this reading Distant masses of plants and flowers, mingled in ever-varying forms of beauty, are touched by the melancholy luster of the rising moon.
forms
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From this reading Distant masses of plants and flowers, mingled in ever-varying forms of beauty, are touched by the melancholy luster of the rising moon.
fountain
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From this reading The fountain is playing.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Nearer to the house, the restful shadows are disturbed at intervals, where streams of light fall over them aslant from the lamps in the room.
house
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From this reading Nearer to the house, the restful shadows are disturbed at intervals, where streams of light fall over them aslant from the lamps in the room.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Distant masses of plants and flowers, mingled in ever-varying forms of beauty, are touched by the melancholy luster of the rising moon.
intervals
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From this reading Nearer to the house, the restful shadows are disturbed at intervals, where streams of light fall over them aslant from the lamps in the room.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The fountain is playing.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading In rivalry with its lighter music, the nightingales are singing their song of ecstasy.
lamps
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From this reading Nearer to the house, the restful shadows are disturbed at intervals, where streams of light fall over them aslant from the lamps in the room.
light
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From this reading Nearer to the house, the restful shadows are disturbed at intervals, where streams of light fall over them aslant from the lamps in the room.
lighter
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From this reading In rivalry with its lighter music, the nightingales are singing their song of ecstasy.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The windows of the long drawing-room at Monksmoor are all thrown open to the conservatory.
luster
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From this reading Distant masses of plants and flowers, mingled in ever-varying forms of beauty, are touched by the melancholy luster of the rising moon.
masses
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From this reading Distant masses of plants and flowers, mingled in ever-varying forms of beauty, are touched by the melancholy luster of the rising moon.
melancholy
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From this reading Distant masses of plants and flowers, mingled in ever-varying forms of beauty, are touched by the melancholy luster of the rising moon.
mingled
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From this reading Distant masses of plants and flowers, mingled in ever-varying forms of beauty, are touched by the melancholy luster of the rising moon.
Monksmoor
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From this reading The windows of the long drawing-room at Monksmoor are all thrown open to the conservatory.
moon
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From this reading Distant masses of plants and flowers, mingled in ever-varying forms of beauty, are touched by the melancholy luster of the rising moon.
music
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From this reading In rivalry with its lighter music, the nightingales are singing their song of ecstasy.
Nearer
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From this reading Nearer to the house, the restful shadows are disturbed at intervals, where streams of light fall over them aslant from the lamps in the room.
nightingales
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From this reading In rivalry with its lighter music, the nightingales are singing their song of ecstasy.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The windows of the long drawing-room at Monksmoor are all thrown open to the conservatory.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The windows of the long drawing-room at Monksmoor are all thrown open to the conservatory.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Nearer to the house, the restful shadows are disturbed at intervals, where streams of light fall over them aslant from the lamps in the room.
plants
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From this reading Distant masses of plants and flowers, mingled in ever-varying forms of beauty, are touched by the melancholy luster of the rising moon.
playing
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From this reading The fountain is playing.
restful
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From this reading Nearer to the house, the restful shadows are disturbed at intervals, where streams of light fall over them aslant from the lamps in the room.
rising
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From this reading Distant masses of plants and flowers, mingled in ever-varying forms of beauty, are touched by the melancholy luster of the rising moon.
rivalry
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From this reading In rivalry with its lighter music, the nightingales are singing their song of ecstasy.
room
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From this reading Nearer to the house, the restful shadows are disturbed at intervals, where streams of light fall over them aslant from the lamps in the room.
shadows
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From this reading Nearer to the house, the restful shadows are disturbed at intervals, where streams of light fall over them aslant from the lamps in the room.
singing
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From this reading In rivalry with its lighter music, the nightingales are singing their song of ecstasy.
song
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From this reading In rivalry with its lighter music, the nightingales are singing their song of ecstasy.
streams
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From this reading Nearer to the house, the restful shadows are disturbed at intervals, where streams of light fall over them aslant from the lamps in the room.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The windows of the long drawing-room at Monksmoor are all thrown open to the conservatory.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In rivalry with its lighter music, the nightingales are singing their song of ecstasy.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Nearer to the house, the restful shadows are disturbed at intervals, where streams of light fall over them aslant from the lamps in the room.
thrown
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From this reading The windows of the long drawing-room at Monksmoor are all thrown open to the conservatory.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The windows of the long drawing-room at Monksmoor are all thrown open to the conservatory.
touched
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From this reading Distant masses of plants and flowers, mingled in ever-varying forms of beauty, are touched by the melancholy luster of the rising moon.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Nearer to the house, the restful shadows are disturbed at intervals, where streams of light fall over them aslant from the lamps in the room.
windows
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From this reading The windows of the long drawing-room at Monksmoor are all thrown open to the conservatory.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In rivalry with its lighter music, the nightingales are singing their song of ecstasy.
