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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 What a man wants with religion in these breadless times, surpasses my comprehension.
all
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
also
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From this reading Well, that is good, also.
always
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From this reading I have seen it several times, but it is always a new picture--totally new--you seem to see nothing the second time which you saw the first.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
Andes
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
background
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
beautiful
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
birds
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
bloom
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
breadless
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From this reading What a man wants with religion in these breadless times, surpasses my comprehension.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I have seen it several times, but it is always a new picture--totally new--you seem to see nothing the second time which you saw the first.
cascades
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
Church's
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
city
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
clothed
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
color
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
colors
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
comprehension
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From this reading What a man wants with religion in these breadless times, surpasses my comprehension.
cool
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
corners
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
dotted
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
everlasting
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have seen it several times, but it is always a new picture--totally new--you seem to see nothing the second time which you saw the first.
flowers
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
gleaming
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
glory
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, that is good, also.
grandly
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
groves
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You have paid the preacher!
Heart
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
ice
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What a man wants with religion in these breadless times, surpasses my comprehension.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Well, that is good, also.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I have seen it several times, but it is always a new picture--totally new--you seem to see nothing the second time which you saw the first.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
just
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
lovely
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
majestic
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
man
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From this reading What a man wants with religion in these breadless times, surpasses my comprehension.
most
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
mountain
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading What a man wants with religion in these breadless times, surpasses my comprehension.
new
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From this reading I have seen it several times, but it is always a new picture--totally new--you seem to see nothing the second time which you saw the first.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading I have seen it several times, but it is always a new picture--totally new--you seem to see nothing the second time which you saw the first.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
off
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
paid
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From this reading You have paid the preacher!
painting
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
Pamela
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
picture
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From this reading I have seen it several times, but it is always a new picture--totally new--you seem to see nothing the second time which you saw the first.
preacher
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From this reading You have paid the preacher!
religion
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From this reading What a man wants with religion in these breadless times, surpasses my comprehension.
represents
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
rich
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
saw
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From this reading I have seen it several times, but it is always a new picture--totally new--you seem to see nothing the second time which you saw the first.
second
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From this reading I have seen it several times, but it is always a new picture--totally new--you seem to see nothing the second time which you saw the first.
see
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From this reading I have seen it several times, but it is always a new picture--totally new--you seem to see nothing the second time which you saw the first.
seem
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From this reading I have seen it several times, but it is always a new picture--totally new--you seem to see nothing the second time which you saw the first.
seen
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
set
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
several
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From this reading I have seen it several times, but it is always a new picture--totally new--you seem to see nothing the second time which you saw the first.
shades
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
shady
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
slopes
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
snow
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
summer
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
summit
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
sunny
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
surpasses
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From this reading What a man wants with religion in these breadless times, surpasses my comprehension.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Well, that is good, also.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You have paid the preacher!
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading What a man wants with religion in these breadless times, surpasses my comprehension.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have seen it several times, but it is always a new picture--totally new--you seem to see nothing the second time which you saw the first.
times
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From this reading What a man wants with religion in these breadless times, surpasses my comprehension.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
totally
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From this reading I have seen it several times, but it is always a new picture--totally new--you seem to see nothing the second time which you saw the first.
tropical
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
twilightnounUS /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/
the dim light before night or sunrise
From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
valley
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
vegetation
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
visit
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
wants
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From this reading What a man wants with religion in these breadless times, surpasses my comprehension.
Well
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From this reading Well, that is good, also.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What a man wants with religion in these breadless times, surpasses my comprehension.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading What a man wants with religion in these breadless times, surpasses my comprehension.
wonderfully
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From this reading Pamela and I have just returned from a visit to the most wonderfully beautiful painting which this city has ever seen--Church's “Heart of the Andes”--which represents a lovely valley with its rich vegetation in all the bloom and glory of a tropical summer--dotted with birds and flowers of all colors and shades of color, and sunny slopes, and shady corners, and twilight groves, and cool cascades--all grandly set off with a majestic mountain in the background with its gleaming summit clothed in everlasting ice and snow!
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You have paid the preacher!
