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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading By day, along the astonish’d lands The cloudy pillar glided slow; By night, Arabia’s crimson’d sands Return’d the fiery column’s glow.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading When Israel, of the Lord beloved, Out of the land of bondage came, Her father’s God before her moved, An awful guide, in smoke and flame.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading O maid, unrelenting and cold as thou art, My bosom is proud as thine own.
Arabia's
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From this reading By day, along the astonish’d lands The cloudy pillar glided slow; By night, Arabia’s crimson’d sands Return’d the fiery column’s glow.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading O maid, unrelenting and cold as thou art, My bosom is proud as thine own.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading O maid, unrelenting and cold as thou art, My bosom is proud as thine own.
astonish'd
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From this reading By day, along the astonish’d lands The cloudy pillar glided slow; By night, Arabia’s crimson’d sands Return’d the fiery column’s glow.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
awful
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From this reading When Israel, of the Lord beloved, Out of the land of bondage came, Her father’s God before her moved, An awful guide, in smoke and flame.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading When Israel, of the Lord beloved, Out of the land of bondage came, Her father’s God before her moved, An awful guide, in smoke and flame.
beloved
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From this reading When Israel, of the Lord beloved, Out of the land of bondage came, Her father’s God before her moved, An awful guide, in smoke and flame.
bondage
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From this reading When Israel, of the Lord beloved, Out of the land of bondage came, Her father’s God before her moved, An awful guide, in smoke and flame.
bosom
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From this reading O maid, unrelenting and cold as thou art, My bosom is proud as thine own.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It disturbed not the inmate, who was then engaged in the evening prayer recommended by her religion, and which concluded with a hymn we have ventured thus to translate into English.
called
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From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
came
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From this reading When Israel, of the Lord beloved, Out of the land of bondage came, Her father’s God before her moved, An awful guide, in smoke and flame.
cloudy
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From this reading By day, along the astonish’d lands The cloudy pillar glided slow; By night, Arabia’s crimson’d sands Return’d the fiery column’s glow.
cold
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From this reading O maid, unrelenting and cold as thou art, My bosom is proud as thine own.
column's
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From this reading By day, along the astonish’d lands The cloudy pillar glided slow; By night, Arabia’s crimson’d sands Return’d the fiery column’s glow.
concluded
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From this reading It disturbed not the inmate, who was then engaged in the evening prayer recommended by her religion, and which concluded with a hymn we have ventured thus to translate into English.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
crimson'd
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From this reading By day, along the astonish’d lands The cloudy pillar glided slow; By night, Arabia’s crimson’d sands Return’d the fiery column’s glow.
day
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From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
disturbed
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From this reading It disturbed not the inmate, who was then engaged in the evening prayer recommended by her religion, and which concluded with a hymn we have ventured thus to translate into English.
door
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From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
engaged
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From this reading It disturbed not the inmate, who was then engaged in the evening prayer recommended by her religion, and which concluded with a hymn we have ventured thus to translate into English.
English
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From this reading It disturbed not the inmate, who was then engaged in the evening prayer recommended by her religion, and which concluded with a hymn we have ventured thus to translate into English.
evening
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From this reading It disturbed not the inmate, who was then engaged in the evening prayer recommended by her religion, and which concluded with a hymn we have ventured thus to translate into English.
father's
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From this reading When Israel, of the Lord beloved, Out of the land of bondage came, Her father’s God before her moved, An awful guide, in smoke and flame.
fiery
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From this reading By day, along the astonish’d lands The cloudy pillar glided slow; By night, Arabia’s crimson’d sands Return’d the fiery column’s glow.
flamenounUS /fleɪm/
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading When Israel, of the Lord beloved, Out of the land of bondage came, Her father’s God before her moved, An awful guide, in smoke and flame.
glided
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From this reading By day, along the astonish’d lands The cloudy pillar glided slow; By night, Arabia’s crimson’d sands Return’d the fiery column’s glow.
glow
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From this reading By day, along the astonish’d lands The cloudy pillar glided slow; By night, Arabia’s crimson’d sands Return’d the fiery column’s glow.
God
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From this reading When Israel, of the Lord beloved, Out of the land of bondage came, Her father’s God before her moved, An awful guide, in smoke and flame.
guide
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From this reading When Israel, of the Lord beloved, Out of the land of bondage came, Her father’s God before her moved, An awful guide, in smoke and flame.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It disturbed not the inmate, who was then engaged in the evening prayer recommended by her religion, and which concluded with a hymn we have ventured thus to translate into English.
heard
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From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
hymn
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From this reading It disturbed not the inmate, who was then engaged in the evening prayer recommended by her religion, and which concluded with a hymn we have ventured thus to translate into English.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
inmate
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From this reading It disturbed not the inmate, who was then engaged in the evening prayer recommended by her religion, and which concluded with a hymn we have ventured thus to translate into English.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It disturbed not the inmate, who was then engaged in the evening prayer recommended by her religion, and which concluded with a hymn we have ventured thus to translate into English.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading O maid, unrelenting and cold as thou art, My bosom is proud as thine own.
Israel
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From this reading When Israel, of the Lord beloved, Out of the land of bondage came, Her father’s God before her moved, An awful guide, in smoke and flame.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
knock
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From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
land
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From this reading When Israel, of the Lord beloved, Out of the land of bondage came, Her father’s God before her moved, An awful guide, in smoke and flame.
lands
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From this reading By day, along the astonish’d lands The cloudy pillar glided slow; By night, Arabia’s crimson’d sands Return’d the fiery column’s glow.
Lord
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From this reading When Israel, of the Lord beloved, Out of the land of bondage came, Her father’s God before her moved, An awful guide, in smoke and flame.
low
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From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
maid
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From this reading O maid, unrelenting and cold as thou art, My bosom is proud as thine own.
moved
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From this reading When Israel, of the Lord beloved, Out of the land of bondage came, Her father’s God before her moved, An awful guide, in smoke and flame.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading O maid, unrelenting and cold as thou art, My bosom is proud as thine own.
night
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From this reading By day, along the astonish’d lands The cloudy pillar glided slow; By night, Arabia’s crimson’d sands Return’d the fiery column’s glow.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It disturbed not the inmate, who was then engaged in the evening prayer recommended by her religion, and which concluded with a hymn we have ventured thus to translate into English.
O
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From this reading O maid, unrelenting and cold as thou art, My bosom is proud as thine own.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
Out
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From this reading When Israel, of the Lord beloved, Out of the land of bondage came, Her father’s God before her moved, An awful guide, in smoke and flame.
own
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From this reading O maid, unrelenting and cold as thou art, My bosom is proud as thine own.
pillar
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From this reading By day, along the astonish’d lands The cloudy pillar glided slow; By night, Arabia’s crimson’d sands Return’d the fiery column’s glow.
place
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From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
prayer
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From this reading It disturbed not the inmate, who was then engaged in the evening prayer recommended by her religion, and which concluded with a hymn we have ventured thus to translate into English.
prison-chamber
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From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
proud
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From this reading O maid, unrelenting and cold as thou art, My bosom is proud as thine own.
Rebecca's
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From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
recommended
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From this reading It disturbed not the inmate, who was then engaged in the evening prayer recommended by her religion, and which concluded with a hymn we have ventured thus to translate into English.
religion
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From this reading It disturbed not the inmate, who was then engaged in the evening prayer recommended by her religion, and which concluded with a hymn we have ventured thus to translate into English.
Return'd
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From this reading By day, along the astonish’d lands The cloudy pillar glided slow; By night, Arabia’s crimson’d sands Return’d the fiery column’s glow.
sands
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From this reading By day, along the astonish’d lands The cloudy pillar glided slow; By night, Arabia’s crimson’d sands Return’d the fiery column’s glow.
SEWARD
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From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
slow
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From this reading By day, along the astonish’d lands The cloudy pillar glided slow; By night, Arabia’s crimson’d sands Return’d the fiery column’s glow.
smoke
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From this reading When Israel, of the Lord beloved, Out of the land of bondage came, Her father’s God before her moved, An awful guide, in smoke and flame.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
taken
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From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
then
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From this reading It disturbed not the inmate, who was then engaged in the evening prayer recommended by her religion, and which concluded with a hymn we have ventured thus to translate into English.
thinepronounUS /ðaɪn/
an old word for “yours”
From this reading O maid, unrelenting and cold as thou art, My bosom is proud as thine own.
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading O maid, unrelenting and cold as thou art, My bosom is proud as thine own.
thus
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From this reading It disturbed not the inmate, who was then engaged in the evening prayer recommended by her religion, and which concluded with a hymn we have ventured thus to translate into English.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It disturbed not the inmate, who was then engaged in the evening prayer recommended by her religion, and which concluded with a hymn we have ventured thus to translate into English.
translate
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From this reading It disturbed not the inmate, who was then engaged in the evening prayer recommended by her religion, and which concluded with a hymn we have ventured thus to translate into English.
trial
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From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
twilightnounUS /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/
the dim light before night or sunrise
From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
unrelenting
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From this reading O maid, unrelenting and cold as thou art, My bosom is proud as thine own.
ventured
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From this reading It disturbed not the inmate, who was then engaged in the evening prayer recommended by her religion, and which concluded with a hymn we have ventured thus to translate into English.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading It disturbed not the inmate, who was then engaged in the evening prayer recommended by her religion, and which concluded with a hymn we have ventured thus to translate into English.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading SEWARD It was in the twilight of the day when her trial, if it could be called such, had taken place, that a low knock was heard at the door of Rebecca’s prison-chamber.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It disturbed not the inmate, who was then engaged in the evening prayer recommended by her religion, and which concluded with a hymn we have ventured thus to translate into English.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It disturbed not the inmate, who was then engaged in the evening prayer recommended by her religion, and which concluded with a hymn we have ventured thus to translate into English.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It disturbed not the inmate, who was then engaged in the evening prayer recommended by her religion, and which concluded with a hymn we have ventured thus to translate into English.
