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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 Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Here he would sit himself musingly, often till the hoofs of Randal’s horse rang on the winding road, as the sun set, over fading herbage, red and vaporous, in autumnal skies.
autumnal
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From this reading Here he would sit himself musingly, often till the hoofs of Randal’s horse rang on the winding road, as the sun set, over fading herbage, red and vaporous, in autumnal skies.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
bush-wood
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From this reading His favourite walk was to the summit of a hillock overgrown with stunted bush-wood.
casements
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
charming
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
climbing
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
cloak
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From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
condemned
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From this reading RICCABOCCA could not confine himself to the precincts within the walls to which he condemned Violante.
confine
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From this reading RICCABOCCA could not confine himself to the precincts within the walls to which he condemned Violante.
cottage
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading RICCABOCCA could not confine himself to the precincts within the walls to which he condemned Violante.
creepers
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
ends
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
English
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
expedition
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From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
fading
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From this reading Here he would sit himself musingly, often till the hoofs of Randal’s horse rang on the winding road, as the sun set, over fading herbage, red and vaporous, in autumnal skies.
favourite
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From this reading His favourite walk was to the summit of a hillock overgrown with stunted bush-wood.
forth
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From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
gable
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
going
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From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
habitation
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading RICCABOCCA could not confine himself to the precincts within the walls to which he condemned Violante.
herbage
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From this reading Here he would sit himself musingly, often till the hoofs of Randal’s horse rang on the winding road, as the sun set, over fading herbage, red and vaporous, in autumnal skies.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here he would sit himself musingly, often till the hoofs of Randal’s horse rang on the winding road, as the sun set, over fading herbage, red and vaporous, in autumnal skies.
hillock
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From this reading His favourite walk was to the summit of a hillock overgrown with stunted bush-wood.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading RICCABOCCA could not confine himself to the precincts within the walls to which he condemned Violante.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
hoofs
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From this reading Here he would sit himself musingly, often till the hoofs of Randal’s horse rang on the winding road, as the sun set, over fading herbage, red and vaporous, in autumnal skies.
horse
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From this reading Here he would sit himself musingly, often till the hoofs of Randal’s horse rang on the winding road, as the sun set, over fading herbage, red and vaporous, in autumnal skies.
house
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From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
hundred
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
imitated
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
immediate
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From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
Just
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
kind
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From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
musingly
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From this reading Here he would sit himself musingly, often till the hoofs of Randal’s horse rang on the winding road, as the sun set, over fading herbage, red and vaporous, in autumnal skies.
neighbourhood
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From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading RICCABOCCA could not confine himself to the precincts within the walls to which he condemned Violante.
occasionally
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From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
often
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From this reading Here he would sit himself musingly, often till the hoofs of Randal’s horse rang on the winding road, as the sun set, over fading herbage, red and vaporous, in autumnal skies.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Here he would sit himself musingly, often till the hoofs of Randal’s horse rang on the winding road, as the sun set, over fading herbage, red and vaporous, in autumnal skies.
only
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
opening
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
other
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
out
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From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
outwatch
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From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Here he would sit himself musingly, often till the hoofs of Randal’s horse rang on the winding road, as the sun set, over fading herbage, red and vaporous, in autumnal skies.
overgrown
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From this reading His favourite walk was to the summit of a hillock overgrown with stunted bush-wood.
own
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
precincts
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From this reading RICCABOCCA could not confine himself to the precincts within the walls to which he condemned Violante.
pretty
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
projecting
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
Randal's
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From this reading Here he would sit himself musingly, often till the hoofs of Randal’s horse rang on the winding road, as the sun set, over fading herbage, red and vaporous, in autumnal skies.
rang
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From this reading Here he would sit himself musingly, often till the hoofs of Randal’s horse rang on the winding road, as the sun set, over fading herbage, red and vaporous, in autumnal skies.
reconnoitring
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From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
red
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From this reading Here he would sit himself musingly, often till the hoofs of Randal’s horse rang on the winding road, as the sun set, over fading herbage, red and vaporous, in autumnal skies.
restricting
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From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
Resuming
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From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
RICCABOCCA
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From this reading RICCABOCCA could not confine himself to the precincts within the walls to which he condemned Violante.
road
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From this reading Here he would sit himself musingly, often till the hoofs of Randal’s horse rang on the winding road, as the sun set, over fading herbage, red and vaporous, in autumnal skies.
roof
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
roses
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
sallied
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From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
set
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From this reading Here he would sit himself musingly, often till the hoofs of Randal’s horse rang on the winding road, as the sun set, over fading herbage, red and vaporous, in autumnal skies.
sight
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From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
sit
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From this reading Here he would sit himself musingly, often till the hoofs of Randal’s horse rang on the winding road, as the sun set, over fading herbage, red and vaporous, in autumnal skies.
skies
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From this reading Here he would sit himself musingly, often till the hoofs of Randal’s horse rang on the winding road, as the sun set, over fading herbage, red and vaporous, in autumnal skies.
somewhat
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
spectacles
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From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
stunted
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From this reading His favourite walk was to the summit of a hillock overgrown with stunted bush-wood.
summit
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From this reading His favourite walk was to the summit of a hillock overgrown with stunted bush-wood.
sun
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From this reading Here he would sit himself musingly, often till the hoofs of Randal’s horse rang on the winding road, as the sun set, over fading herbage, red and vaporous, in autumnal skies.
Swiss
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
thatched
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading RICCABOCCA could not confine himself to the precincts within the walls to which he condemned Violante.
thoroughly
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Here he would sit himself musingly, often till the hoofs of Randal’s horse rang on the winding road, as the sun set, over fading herbage, red and vaporous, in autumnal skies.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading RICCABOCCA could not confine himself to the precincts within the walls to which he condemned Violante.
two
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
vaporous
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From this reading Here he would sit himself musingly, often till the hoofs of Randal’s horse rang on the winding road, as the sun set, over fading herbage, red and vaporous, in autumnal skies.
view
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
Violante
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From this reading RICCABOCCA could not confine himself to the precincts within the walls to which he condemned Violante.
walk
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From this reading His favourite walk was to the summit of a hillock overgrown with stunted bush-wood.
walls
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From this reading RICCABOCCA could not confine himself to the precincts within the walls to which he condemned Violante.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His favourite walk was to the summit of a hillock overgrown with stunted bush-wood.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading RICCABOCCA could not confine himself to the precincts within the walls to which he condemned Violante.
winding
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From this reading Here he would sit himself musingly, often till the hoofs of Randal’s horse rang on the winding road, as the sun set, over fading herbage, red and vaporous, in autumnal skies.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading His favourite walk was to the summit of a hillock overgrown with stunted bush-wood.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading RICCABOCCA could not confine himself to the precincts within the walls to which he condemned Violante.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Here he would sit himself musingly, often till the hoofs of Randal’s horse rang on the winding road, as the sun set, over fading herbage, red and vaporous, in autumnal skies.
wrapped
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From this reading Resuming his spectacles, and wrapped in his cloak, he occasionally sallied forth upon a kind of outwatch or reconnoitring expedition,--restricting himself, however, to the immediate neighbourhood, and never going quite out of sight of his house.
yards
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From this reading Just below the hillock, and not two hundred yards from his own house, was the only other habitation in view,--a charming, thoroughly English cottage, though somewhat imitated from the Swiss, with gable ends, thatched roof, and pretty, projecting casements, opening through creepers and climbing roses.
