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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 SWISS ENCOUNTERS TWO girls sat in a tiny verandah, outside the third storey of a Swiss hotel, facing a horseshoe group of dazzling peaks.
absorb
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From this reading It was enough to be there, enough to look, enough to study and absorb Nature's glories.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She who gazed upon the mountains, a slender maiden, pale, with brown eyes and wavy hair and rather heavy dark brows, did nothing else.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was enough to be there, enough to look, enough to study and absorb Nature's glories.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
brown
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From this reading She who gazed upon the mountains, a slender maiden, pale, with brown eyes and wavy hair and rather heavy dark brows, did nothing else.
brows
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From this reading She who gazed upon the mountains, a slender maiden, pale, with brown eyes and wavy hair and rather heavy dark brows, did nothing else.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
courtesy
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From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
dark
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From this reading She who gazed upon the mountains, a slender maiden, pale, with brown eyes and wavy hair and rather heavy dark brows, did nothing else.
dazzling
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From this reading SWISS ENCOUNTERS TWO girls sat in a tiny verandah, outside the third storey of a Swiss hotel, facing a horseshoe group of dazzling peaks.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She who gazed upon the mountains, a slender maiden, pale, with brown eyes and wavy hair and rather heavy dark brows, did nothing else.
else
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From this reading She who gazed upon the mountains, a slender maiden, pale, with brown eyes and wavy hair and rather heavy dark brows, did nothing else.
ENCOUNTERS
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From this reading SWISS ENCOUNTERS TWO girls sat in a tiny verandah, outside the third storey of a Swiss hotel, facing a horseshoe group of dazzling peaks.
enough
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From this reading It was enough to be there, enough to look, enough to study and absorb Nature's glories.
eyes
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From this reading She who gazed upon the mountains, a slender maiden, pale, with brown eyes and wavy hair and rather heavy dark brows, did nothing else.
faced
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From this reading Or rather, one of the two faced it, while the other faced her.
facing
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From this reading SWISS ENCOUNTERS TWO girls sat in a tiny verandah, outside the third storey of a Swiss hotel, facing a horseshoe group of dazzling peaks.
find
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From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
gazed
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From this reading She who gazed upon the mountains, a slender maiden, pale, with brown eyes and wavy hair and rather heavy dark brows, did nothing else.
girl
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From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
girls
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From this reading SWISS ENCOUNTERS TWO girls sat in a tiny verandah, outside the third storey of a Swiss hotel, facing a horseshoe group of dazzling peaks.
glance
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From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
glories
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From this reading It was enough to be there, enough to look, enough to study and absorb Nature's glories.
group
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From this reading SWISS ENCOUNTERS TWO girls sat in a tiny verandah, outside the third storey of a Swiss hotel, facing a horseshoe group of dazzling peaks.
hair
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From this reading She who gazed upon the mountains, a slender maiden, pale, with brown eyes and wavy hair and rather heavy dark brows, did nothing else.
heavy
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From this reading She who gazed upon the mountains, a slender maiden, pale, with brown eyes and wavy hair and rather heavy dark brows, did nothing else.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Or rather, one of the two faced it, while the other faced her.
horseshoe
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From this reading SWISS ENCOUNTERS TWO girls sat in a tiny verandah, outside the third storey of a Swiss hotel, facing a horseshoe group of dazzling peaks.
hotel
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From this reading SWISS ENCOUNTERS TWO girls sat in a tiny verandah, outside the third storey of a Swiss hotel, facing a horseshoe group of dazzling peaks.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading SWISS ENCOUNTERS TWO girls sat in a tiny verandah, outside the third storey of a Swiss hotel, facing a horseshoe group of dazzling peaks.
insignificant
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From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Or rather, one of the two faced it, while the other faced her.
light
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From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
lofty
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From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was enough to be there, enough to look, enough to study and absorb Nature's glories.
maidennoun, literaryUS /ˈmeɪdən/
a young woman who is not married
From this reading She who gazed upon the mountains, a slender maiden, pale, with brown eyes and wavy hair and rather heavy dark brows, did nothing else.
many
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From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
mountains
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From this reading She who gazed upon the mountains, a slender maiden, pale, with brown eyes and wavy hair and rather heavy dark brows, did nothing else.
Nature's
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From this reading It was enough to be there, enough to look, enough to study and absorb Nature's glories.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading She who gazed upon the mountains, a slender maiden, pale, with brown eyes and wavy hair and rather heavy dark brows, did nothing else.
occasional
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From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SWISS ENCOUNTERS TWO girls sat in a tiny verandah, outside the third storey of a Swiss hotel, facing a horseshoe group of dazzling peaks.
older
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From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Or rather, one of the two faced it, while the other faced her.
only
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From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
OrconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Or rather, one of the two faced it, while the other faced her.
other
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From this reading Or rather, one of the two faced it, while the other faced her.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading SWISS ENCOUNTERS TWO girls sat in a tiny verandah, outside the third storey of a Swiss hotel, facing a horseshoe group of dazzling peaks.
pale
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From this reading She who gazed upon the mountains, a slender maiden, pale, with brown eyes and wavy hair and rather heavy dark brows, did nothing else.
peaks
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From this reading SWISS ENCOUNTERS TWO girls sat in a tiny verandah, outside the third storey of a Swiss hotel, facing a horseshoe group of dazzling peaks.
person
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From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
plump
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From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
rather
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From this reading Or rather, one of the two faced it, while the other faced her.
sat
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From this reading SWISS ENCOUNTERS TWO girls sat in a tiny verandah, outside the third storey of a Swiss hotel, facing a horseshoe group of dazzling peaks.
second
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From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She who gazed upon the mountains, a slender maiden, pale, with brown eyes and wavy hair and rather heavy dark brows, did nothing else.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
slender
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From this reading She who gazed upon the mountains, a slender maiden, pale, with brown eyes and wavy hair and rather heavy dark brows, did nothing else.
snub-nosed
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From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
storey
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From this reading SWISS ENCOUNTERS TWO girls sat in a tiny verandah, outside the third storey of a Swiss hotel, facing a horseshoe group of dazzling peaks.
study
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From this reading It was enough to be there, enough to look, enough to study and absorb Nature's glories.
sufficient
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From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
SWISS
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From this reading SWISS ENCOUNTERS TWO girls sat in a tiny verandah, outside the third storey of a Swiss hotel, facing a horseshoe group of dazzling peaks.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SWISS ENCOUNTERS TWO girls sat in a tiny verandah, outside the third storey of a Swiss hotel, facing a horseshoe group of dazzling peaks.
there
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From this reading It was enough to be there, enough to look, enough to study and absorb Nature's glories.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SWISS ENCOUNTERS TWO girls sat in a tiny verandah, outside the third storey of a Swiss hotel, facing a horseshoe group of dazzling peaks.
tiny
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From this reading SWISS ENCOUNTERS TWO girls sat in a tiny verandah, outside the third storey of a Swiss hotel, facing a horseshoe group of dazzling peaks.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was enough to be there, enough to look, enough to study and absorb Nature's glories.
tow-coloured
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From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
TWO
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From this reading SWISS ENCOUNTERS TWO girls sat in a tiny verandah, outside the third storey of a Swiss hotel, facing a horseshoe group of dazzling peaks.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She who gazed upon the mountains, a slender maiden, pale, with brown eyes and wavy hair and rather heavy dark brows, did nothing else.
verandah
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From this reading SWISS ENCOUNTERS TWO girls sat in a tiny verandah, outside the third storey of a Swiss hotel, facing a horseshoe group of dazzling peaks.
vigorous
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From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was enough to be there, enough to look, enough to study and absorb Nature's glories.
wavy
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From this reading She who gazed upon the mountains, a slender maiden, pale, with brown eyes and wavy hair and rather heavy dark brows, did nothing else.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Or rather, one of the two faced it, while the other faced her.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading She who gazed upon the mountains, a slender maiden, pale, with brown eyes and wavy hair and rather heavy dark brows, did nothing else.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She who gazed upon the mountains, a slender maiden, pale, with brown eyes and wavy hair and rather heavy dark brows, did nothing else.
years
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From this reading But the second—a girl only by courtesy, being many years the older—a short plump vigorous person, snub-nosed, with insignificant light eyes and tow-coloured hair—seemed to find an occasional glance at lofty peaks sufficient.
