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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 a hot summer day, the mountains colourless and small under their haze of heat, the woods darkening already towards the August monotony, the streams low and shrunken.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The following Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock, the Carton motor duly arrived at the Rydal cottage door.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a hot summer day, the mountains colourless and small under their haze of heat, the woods darkening already towards the August monotony, the streams low and shrunken.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was a hot summer day, the mountains colourless and small under their haze of heat, the woods darkening already towards the August monotony, the streams low and shrunken.
any
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From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
arrived
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From this reading The following Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock, the Carton motor duly arrived at the Rydal cottage door.
artists
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From this reading Lakeland was at the moment when the artists who haunt her would rather not paint her, remembering the subtleties of spring, and looking forward to the pageantry of autumn.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The following Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock, the Carton motor duly arrived at the Rydal cottage door.
August
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From this reading It was a hot summer day, the mountains colourless and small under their haze of heat, the woods darkening already towards the August monotony, the streams low and shrunken.
autumn
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From this reading Lakeland was at the moment when the artists who haunt her would rather not paint her, remembering the subtleties of spring, and looking forward to the pageantry of autumn.
bare
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From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
beauties
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From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
blanching
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From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
Bridget
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From this reading Nelly took her seat in the landaulette, with Bridget beside her.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
Carton
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From this reading The following Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock, the Carton motor duly arrived at the Rydal cottage door.
climbing
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From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
colourless
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From this reading It was a hot summer day, the mountains colourless and small under their haze of heat, the woods darkening already towards the August monotony, the streams low and shrunken.
cottage
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From this reading The following Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock, the Carton motor duly arrived at the Rydal cottage door.
darkening
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From this reading It was a hot summer day, the mountains colourless and small under their haze of heat, the woods darkening already towards the August monotony, the streams low and shrunken.
day
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From this reading It was a hot summer day, the mountains colourless and small under their haze of heat, the woods darkening already towards the August monotony, the streams low and shrunken.
delicate
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From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
door
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From this reading The following Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock, the Carton motor duly arrived at the Rydal cottage door.
duly
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From this reading The following Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock, the Carton motor duly arrived at the Rydal cottage door.
dust
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From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
enough
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From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
eye
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From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
fells
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From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
following
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From this reading The following Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock, the Carton motor duly arrived at the Rydal cottage door.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lakeland was at the moment when the artists who haunt her would rather not paint her, remembering the subtleties of spring, and looking forward to the pageantry of autumn.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
haunt
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From this reading Lakeland was at the moment when the artists who haunt her would rather not paint her, remembering the subtleties of spring, and looking forward to the pageantry of autumn.
haze
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From this reading It was a hot summer day, the mountains colourless and small under their haze of heat, the woods darkening already towards the August monotony, the streams low and shrunken.
heat
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From this reading It was a hot summer day, the mountains colourless and small under their haze of heat, the woods darkening already towards the August monotony, the streams low and shrunken.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Lakeland was at the moment when the artists who haunt her would rather not paint her, remembering the subtleties of spring, and looking forward to the pageantry of autumn.
hot
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From this reading It was a hot summer day, the mountains colourless and small under their haze of heat, the woods darkening already towards the August monotony, the streams low and shrunken.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a hot summer day, the mountains colourless and small under their haze of heat, the woods darkening already towards the August monotony, the streams low and shrunken.
Lakeland
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From this reading Lakeland was at the moment when the artists who haunt her would rather not paint her, remembering the subtleties of spring, and looking forward to the pageantry of autumn.
lakes
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From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
landaulette
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From this reading Nelly took her seat in the landaulette, with Bridget beside her.
lie
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From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
looking
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From this reading Lakeland was at the moment when the artists who haunt her would rather not paint her, remembering the subtleties of spring, and looking forward to the pageantry of autumn.
lovely
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From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
loves
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From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
low
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From this reading It was a hot summer day, the mountains colourless and small under their haze of heat, the woods darkening already towards the August monotony, the streams low and shrunken.
moment
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From this reading Lakeland was at the moment when the artists who haunt her would rather not paint her, remembering the subtleties of spring, and looking forward to the pageantry of autumn.
monotony
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From this reading It was a hot summer day, the mountains colourless and small under their haze of heat, the woods darkening already towards the August monotony, the streams low and shrunken.
motor
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From this reading The following Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock, the Carton motor duly arrived at the Rydal cottage door.
mountains
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From this reading It was a hot summer day, the mountains colourless and small under their haze of heat, the woods darkening already towards the August monotony, the streams low and shrunken.
Nelly
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From this reading Nelly took her seat in the landaulette, with Bridget beside her.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Lakeland was at the moment when the artists who haunt her would rather not paint her, remembering the subtleties of spring, and looking forward to the pageantry of autumn.
o'clock
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From this reading The following Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock, the Carton motor duly arrived at the Rydal cottage door.
oak-woods
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From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was a hot summer day, the mountains colourless and small under their haze of heat, the woods darkening already towards the August monotony, the streams low and shrunken.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
pageantry
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From this reading Lakeland was at the moment when the artists who haunt her would rather not paint her, remembering the subtleties of spring, and looking forward to the pageantry of autumn.
paint
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From this reading Lakeland was at the moment when the artists who haunt her would rather not paint her, remembering the subtleties of spring, and looking forward to the pageantry of autumn.
rather
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From this reading Lakeland was at the moment when the artists who haunt her would rather not paint her, remembering the subtleties of spring, and looking forward to the pageantry of autumn.
remembering
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From this reading Lakeland was at the moment when the artists who haunt her would rather not paint her, remembering the subtleties of spring, and looking forward to the pageantry of autumn.
Rydal
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From this reading The following Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock, the Carton motor duly arrived at the Rydal cottage door.
Saturday
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From this reading The following Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock, the Carton motor duly arrived at the Rydal cottage door.
seat
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From this reading Nelly took her seat in the landaulette, with Bridget beside her.
shade
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From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
shrunken
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From this reading It was a hot summer day, the mountains colourless and small under their haze of heat, the woods darkening already towards the August monotony, the streams low and shrunken.
small
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From this reading It was a hot summer day, the mountains colourless and small under their haze of heat, the woods darkening already towards the August monotony, the streams low and shrunken.
spoil
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From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
spring
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From this reading Lakeland was at the moment when the artists who haunt her would rather not paint her, remembering the subtleties of spring, and looking forward to the pageantry of autumn.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
streams
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From this reading It was a hot summer day, the mountains colourless and small under their haze of heat, the woods darkening already towards the August monotony, the streams low and shrunken.
subtleties
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From this reading Lakeland was at the moment when the artists who haunt her would rather not paint her, remembering the subtleties of spring, and looking forward to the pageantry of autumn.
summer
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From this reading It was a hot summer day, the mountains colourless and small under their haze of heat, the woods darkening already towards the August monotony, the streams low and shrunken.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The following Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock, the Carton motor duly arrived at the Rydal cottage door.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It was a hot summer day, the mountains colourless and small under their haze of heat, the woods darkening already towards the August monotony, the streams low and shrunken.
things
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From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
three
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From this reading The following Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock, the Carton motor duly arrived at the Rydal cottage door.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Lakeland was at the moment when the artists who haunt her would rather not paint her, remembering the subtleties of spring, and looking forward to the pageantry of autumn.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nelly took her seat in the landaulette, with Bridget beside her.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading It was a hot summer day, the mountains colourless and small under their haze of heat, the woods darkening already towards the August monotony, the streams low and shrunken.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading It was a hot summer day, the mountains colourless and small under their haze of heat, the woods darkening already towards the August monotony, the streams low and shrunken.
waiting
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From this reading But for the eye that loves her she has beauties enough at any time, and no blanching heat and dust can spoil the lovely or delicate things that lie waiting in the shade of her climbing oak-woods or on her bare fells, or beside her still lakes.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a hot summer day, the mountains colourless and small under their haze of heat, the woods darkening already towards the August monotony, the streams low and shrunken.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Lakeland was at the moment when the artists who haunt her would rather not paint her, remembering the subtleties of spring, and looking forward to the pageantry of autumn.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Lakeland was at the moment when the artists who haunt her would rather not paint her, remembering the subtleties of spring, and looking forward to the pageantry of autumn.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Nelly took her seat in the landaulette, with Bridget beside her.
woods
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From this reading It was a hot summer day, the mountains colourless and small under their haze of heat, the woods darkening already towards the August monotony, the streams low and shrunken.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Lakeland was at the moment when the artists who haunt her would rather not paint her, remembering the subtleties of spring, and looking forward to the pageantry of autumn.
