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aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The cloth is therefore laid, with the dead heather-flowers beneath it, and the low leaden sky above.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The cloth is therefore laid, with the dead heather-flowers beneath it, and the low leaden sky above.
arranged
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From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As large stones as can be found have to be sought on the moorland road to weight it, and hinder our banquet from flying bodily away.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
away
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From this reading As large stones as can be found have to be sought on the moorland road to weight it, and hinder our banquet from flying bodily away.
banquet
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From this reading As large stones as can be found have to be sought on the moorland road to weight it, and hinder our banquet from flying bodily away.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading As large stones as can be found have to be sought on the moorland road to weight it, and hinder our banquet from flying bodily away.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
begins
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From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading The cloth is therefore laid, with the dead heather-flowers beneath it, and the low leaden sky above.
blue
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From this reading It deceives us with no false hopes--with no breakings in the serried clouds--with no flying glimpses of blue sky.
bodily
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From this reading As large stones as can be found have to be sought on the moorland road to weight it, and hinder our banquet from flying bodily away.
breakings
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From this reading It deceives us with no false hopes--with no breakings in the serried clouds--with no flying glimpses of blue sky.
cakes
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From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading As large stones as can be found have to be sought on the moorland road to weight it, and hinder our banquet from flying bodily away.
chickens
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From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
cloth
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From this reading The cloth is therefore laid, with the dead heather-flowers beneath it, and the low leaden sky above.
clouds
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From this reading It deceives us with no false hopes--with no breakings in the serried clouds--with no flying glimpses of blue sky.
cold
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From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The cloth is therefore laid, with the dead heather-flowers beneath it, and the low leaden sky above.
deceives
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From this reading It deceives us with no false hopes--with no breakings in the serried clouds--with no flying glimpses of blue sky.
defenceless
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From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
eye
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From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
false
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From this reading It deceives us with no false hopes--with no breakings in the serried clouds--with no flying glimpses of blue sky.
flying
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From this reading As large stones as can be found have to be sought on the moorland road to weight it, and hinder our banquet from flying bodily away.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As large stones as can be found have to be sought on the moorland road to weight it, and hinder our banquet from flying bodily away.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As large stones as can be found have to be sought on the moorland road to weight it, and hinder our banquet from flying bodily away.
glimpses
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From this reading It deceives us with no false hopes--with no breakings in the serried clouds--with no flying glimpses of blue sky.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading As large stones as can be found have to be sought on the moorland road to weight it, and hinder our banquet from flying bodily away.
heather-flowers
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From this reading The cloth is therefore laid, with the dead heather-flowers beneath it, and the low leaden sky above.
heaven
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From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
hinder
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From this reading As large stones as can be found have to be sought on the moorland road to weight it, and hinder our banquet from flying bodily away.
hopes
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From this reading It deceives us with no false hopes--with no breakings in the serried clouds--with no flying glimpses of blue sky.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The cloth is therefore laid, with the dead heather-flowers beneath it, and the low leaden sky above.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The cloth is therefore laid, with the dead heather-flowers beneath it, and the low leaden sky above.
just
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From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
laid
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From this reading The cloth is therefore laid, with the dead heather-flowers beneath it, and the low leaden sky above.
lamb
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From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
large
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From this reading As large stones as can be found have to be sought on the moorland road to weight it, and hinder our banquet from flying bodily away.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
leadenadjectiveUS /ˈlɛdən/
heavy, dull, or grey in appearance or movement
From this reading The cloth is therefore laid, with the dead heather-flowers beneath it, and the low leaden sky above.
low
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From this reading The cloth is therefore laid, with the dead heather-flowers beneath it, and the low leaden sky above.
mayonnaise
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From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
moorland
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From this reading As large stones as can be found have to be sought on the moorland road to weight it, and hinder our banquet from flying bodily away.
nakedness
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From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading It deceives us with no false hopes--with no breakings in the serried clouds--with no flying glimpses of blue sky.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As large stones as can be found have to be sought on the moorland road to weight it, and hinder our banquet from flying bodily away.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading As large stones as can be found have to be sought on the moorland road to weight it, and hinder our banquet from flying bodily away.
partridges
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From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
pastry
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From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
purpose
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From this reading And, when it begins, it begins to some purpose.
rain
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From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
road
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From this reading As large stones as can be found have to be sought on the moorland road to weight it, and hinder our banquet from flying bodily away.
serried
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From this reading It deceives us with no false hopes--with no breakings in the serried clouds--with no flying glimpses of blue sky.
sky
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From this reading The cloth is therefore laid, with the dead heather-flowers beneath it, and the low leaden sky above.
some
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From this reading And, when it begins, it begins to some purpose.
sought
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From this reading As large stones as can be found have to be sought on the moorland road to weight it, and hinder our banquet from flying bodily away.
spread
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From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
stones
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From this reading As large stones as can be found have to be sought on the moorland road to weight it, and hinder our banquet from flying bodily away.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The cloth is therefore laid, with the dead heather-flowers beneath it, and the low leaden sky above.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading The cloth is therefore laid, with the dead heather-flowers beneath it, and the low leaden sky above.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As large stones as can be found have to be sought on the moorland road to weight it, and hinder our banquet from flying bodily away.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It deceives us with no false hopes--with no breakings in the serried clouds--with no flying glimpses of blue sky.
weight
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From this reading As large stones as can be found have to be sought on the moorland road to weight it, and hinder our banquet from flying bodily away.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It is at last spread--cold lamb, cold partridges, chickens, _mayonnaise_, cakes, pastry--they have just been arranged in their defenceless nakedness under the eye of heaven, when the rain begins.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The cloth is therefore laid, with the dead heather-flowers beneath it, and the low leaden sky above.
