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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 It was placed in a by-road on the western side of Loughrigg, that smallest of real mountains, beloved of poets and wanderers.
also
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From this reading To the north also, a splendid wilderness of fells, near and far; with the Pikes and Bowfell leading the host.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was placed in a by-road on the western side of Loughrigg, that smallest of real mountains, beloved of poets and wanderers.
azure
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From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
banks
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From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
beauty
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From this reading Nelly Sarratt stood lost in the beauty of the spectacle commanded by Sir William Farrell's cottage.
beloved
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From this reading It was placed in a by-road on the western side of Loughrigg, that smallest of real mountains, beloved of poets and wanderers.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
Bowfell
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From this reading To the north also, a splendid wilderness of fells, near and far; with the Pikes and Bowfell leading the host.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Nelly Sarratt stood lost in the beauty of the spectacle commanded by Sir William Farrell's cottage.
by-road
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From this reading It was placed in a by-road on the western side of Loughrigg, that smallest of real mountains, beloved of poets and wanderers.
commanded
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From this reading Nelly Sarratt stood lost in the beauty of the spectacle commanded by Sir William Farrell's cottage.
cottage
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From this reading Nelly Sarratt stood lost in the beauty of the spectacle commanded by Sir William Farrell's cottage.
crag
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From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
dropped
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From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
far
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From this reading To the north also, a splendid wilderness of fells, near and far; with the Pikes and Bowfell leading the host.
Farrell's
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From this reading Nelly Sarratt stood lost in the beauty of the spectacle commanded by Sir William Farrell's cottage.
fells
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From this reading To the north also, a splendid wilderness of fells, near and far; with the Pikes and Bowfell leading the host.
fringed
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From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
further
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From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
Glorious
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From this reading 'Glorious!'
green
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From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
ground
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From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
head
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From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
heightened
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From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
host
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From this reading To the north also, a splendid wilderness of fells, near and far; with the Pikes and Bowfell leading the host.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Nelly Sarratt stood lost in the beauty of the spectacle commanded by Sir William Farrell's cottage.
indefinitely
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From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was placed in a by-road on the western side of Loughrigg, that smallest of real mountains, beloved of poets and wanderers.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
lake
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From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
leading
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From this reading To the north also, a splendid wilderness of fells, near and far; with the Pikes and Bowfell leading the host.
lost
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From this reading Nelly Sarratt stood lost in the beauty of the spectacle commanded by Sir William Farrell's cottage.
Loughrigg
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From this reading It was placed in a by-road on the western side of Loughrigg, that smallest of real mountains, beloved of poets and wanderers.
mist
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From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
mountains
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From this reading It was placed in a by-road on the western side of Loughrigg, that smallest of real mountains, beloved of poets and wanderers.
near
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From this reading To the north also, a splendid wilderness of fells, near and far; with the Pikes and Bowfell leading the host.
Nelly
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From this reading Nelly Sarratt stood lost in the beauty of the spectacle commanded by Sir William Farrell's cottage.
noble
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From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
north
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From this reading To the north also, a splendid wilderness of fells, near and far; with the Pikes and Bowfell leading the host.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Nelly Sarratt stood lost in the beauty of the spectacle commanded by Sir William Farrell's cottage.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was placed in a by-road on the western side of Loughrigg, that smallest of real mountains, beloved of poets and wanderers.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
out
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From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
pearlnounUS /pɜːrl/
a smooth round object formed inside a shell and valued as a jewel
From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
Pikes
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From this reading To the north also, a splendid wilderness of fells, near and far; with the Pikes and Bowfell leading the host.
placed
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From this reading It was placed in a by-road on the western side of Loughrigg, that smallest of real mountains, beloved of poets and wanderers.
poets
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From this reading It was placed in a by-road on the western side of Loughrigg, that smallest of real mountains, beloved of poets and wanderers.
purple
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From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
real
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From this reading It was placed in a by-road on the western side of Loughrigg, that smallest of real mountains, beloved of poets and wanderers.
rose
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From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
Sarratt
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From this reading Nelly Sarratt stood lost in the beauty of the spectacle commanded by Sir William Farrell's cottage.
sharplynounUS /ˈsharply/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
side
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From this reading It was placed in a by-road on the western side of Loughrigg, that smallest of real mountains, beloved of poets and wanderers.
Sir
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From this reading Nelly Sarratt stood lost in the beauty of the spectacle commanded by Sir William Farrell's cottage.
sky
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From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
small
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From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
smallest
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From this reading It was placed in a by-road on the western side of Loughrigg, that smallest of real mountains, beloved of poets and wanderers.
spectacle
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From this reading Nelly Sarratt stood lost in the beauty of the spectacle commanded by Sir William Farrell's cottage.
splendid
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From this reading To the north also, a splendid wilderness of fells, near and far; with the Pikes and Bowfell leading the host.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nelly Sarratt stood lost in the beauty of the spectacle commanded by Sir William Farrell's cottage.
sunlit
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From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
tarn
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From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was placed in a by-road on the western side of Loughrigg, that smallest of real mountains, beloved of poets and wanderers.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nelly Sarratt stood lost in the beauty of the spectacle commanded by Sir William Farrell's cottage.
thereby
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From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
wanderers
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From this reading It was placed in a by-road on the western side of Loughrigg, that smallest of real mountains, beloved of poets and wanderers.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was placed in a by-road on the western side of Loughrigg, that smallest of real mountains, beloved of poets and wanderers.
western
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From this reading It was placed in a by-road on the western side of Loughrigg, that smallest of real mountains, beloved of poets and wanderers.
Wetherlam
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From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading To the north also, a splendid wilderness of fells, near and far; with the Pikes and Bowfell leading the host.
William
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From this reading Nelly Sarratt stood lost in the beauty of the spectacle commanded by Sir William Farrell's cottage.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
wood
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From this reading The ground dropped sharply below it to a small lake or tarn, its green banks fringed with wood, while on the further side the purple crag and noble head of Wetherlam rose out of sunlit mist,--thereby indefinitely heightened--into a pearl and azure sky.
