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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 We were for calling it a mountain, but we were told that it lacked fifty feet of being a mountain.
afoot
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From this reading We were afoot earlier than usual.
all
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From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CONTAINING VALUABLE STATISTICS And the morning was like unto the evening.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading We were for calling it a mountain, but we were told that it lacked fifty feet of being a mountain.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We were for calling it a mountain, but we were told that it lacked fifty feet of being a mountain.
calling
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From this reading We were for calling it a mountain, but we were told that it lacked fifty feet of being a mountain.
Cohocton
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From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
coming
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From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
companion
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From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
CONTAINING
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From this reading CONTAINING VALUABLE STATISTICS And the morning was like unto the evening.
days
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From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
dreamlike
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From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
earlier
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From this reading We were afoot earlier than usual.
ends
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From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
evening
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From this reading CONTAINING VALUABLE STATISTICS And the morning was like unto the evening.
evening-spiritual
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From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
feet
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From this reading We were for calling it a mountain, but we were told that it lacked fifty feet of being a mountain.
fifty
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From this reading We were for calling it a mountain, but we were told that it lacked fifty feet of being a mountain.
filled
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From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We were for calling it a mountain, but we were told that it lacked fifty feet of being a mountain.
glitter
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From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun had hardly risen, and the shining mists still wreathed the great hill which overhangs the village.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
hardly
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From this reading The sun had hardly risen, and the shining mists still wreathed the great hill which overhangs the village.
hill
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From this reading The sun had hardly risen, and the shining mists still wreathed the great hill which overhangs the village.
hope
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From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We were for calling it a mountain, but we were told that it lacked fifty feet of being a mountain.
lacked
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From this reading We were for calling it a mountain, but we were told that it lacked fifty feet of being a mountain.
like
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From this reading CONTAINING VALUABLE STATISTICS And the morning was like unto the evening.
mists
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From this reading The sun had hardly risen, and the shining mists still wreathed the great hill which overhangs the village.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CONTAINING VALUABLE STATISTICS And the morning was like unto the evening.
morning-spiritual
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From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
mornings
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From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
most
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From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
mountain
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From this reading We were for calling it a mountain, but we were told that it lacked fifty feet of being a mountain.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
overhangs
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From this reading The sun had hardly risen, and the shining mists still wreathed the great hill which overhangs the village.
risen
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From this reading The sun had hardly risen, and the shining mists still wreathed the great hill which overhangs the village.
say
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From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
shining
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From this reading The sun had hardly risen, and the shining mists still wreathed the great hill which overhangs the village.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
STATISTICS
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From this reading CONTAINING VALUABLE STATISTICS And the morning was like unto the evening.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
strange
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From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
Summer
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From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
sun
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From this reading The sun had hardly risen, and the shining mists still wreathed the great hill which overhangs the village.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading We were afoot earlier than usual.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We were for calling it a mountain, but we were told that it lacked fifty feet of being a mountain.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CONTAINING VALUABLE STATISTICS And the morning was like unto the evening.
thrill
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From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We were for calling it a mountain, but we were told that it lacked fifty feet of being a mountain.
untoprepositionUS /ˈʌntuː/
an old word for “to”
From this reading CONTAINING VALUABLE STATISTICS And the morning was like unto the evening.
usual
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From this reading We were afoot earlier than usual.
VALUABLE
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From this reading CONTAINING VALUABLE STATISTICS And the morning was like unto the evening.
village
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From this reading The sun had hardly risen, and the shining mists still wreathed the great hill which overhangs the village.
walking
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From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CONTAINING VALUABLE STATISTICS And the morning was like unto the evening.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We were afoot earlier than usual.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were afoot earlier than usual.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The sun had hardly risen, and the shining mists still wreathed the great hill which overhangs the village.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Summer was still to be our companion, and, as the evening of our coming to Cohocton had been the most dreamlike of all the ends of our walking days--had, so to say, been most evening-spiritual, so the morning of our Cohocton seemed most morning-spiritual of all our mornings, most filled with strange hope and thrill and glitter.
wreathed
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From this reading The sun had hardly risen, and the shining mists still wreathed the great hill which overhangs the village.
