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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 She had a constant succession of guests, and a kaleidoscopic infinitude of pastimes.
actors
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Other people were immensely pleased and amused at Amyôt and at her other houses: she alone was not.
also
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
amused
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From this reading Other people were immensely pleased and amused at Amyôt and at her other houses: she alone was not.
Amyôt
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From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The weeks of Amyôt were likely to become as celebrated in social history as the _grandes nuits de Sceaux_; everyone invited to them received the highest brevet of fashion that the world could give.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
August
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From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
become
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From this reading The weeks of Amyôt were likely to become as celebrated in social history as the _grandes nuits de Sceaux_; everyone invited to them received the highest brevet of fashion that the world could give.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
better
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From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
brevet
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From this reading The weeks of Amyôt were likely to become as celebrated in social history as the _grandes nuits de Sceaux_; everyone invited to them received the highest brevet of fashion that the world could give.
brilliant
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
built
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
came
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
celebrated
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From this reading The weeks of Amyôt were likely to become as celebrated in social history as the _grandes nuits de Sceaux_; everyone invited to them received the highest brevet of fashion that the world could give.
constant
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From this reading She had a constant succession of guests, and a kaleidoscopic infinitude of pastimes.
cool
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From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The weeks of Amyôt were likely to become as celebrated in social history as the _grandes nuits de Sceaux_; everyone invited to them received the highest brevet of fashion that the world could give.
cunning
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
de
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From this reading The weeks of Amyôt were likely to become as celebrated in social history as the _grandes nuits de Sceaux_; everyone invited to them received the highest brevet of fashion that the world could give.
deep
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From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
diversion
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
down
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
drawn
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From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
everyonepronounUS /ˈevriwʌn/
every person
From this reading The weeks of Amyôt were likely to become as celebrated in social history as the _grandes nuits de Sceaux_; everyone invited to them received the highest brevet of fashion that the world could give.
exercised
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
fashion
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From this reading The weeks of Amyôt were likely to become as celebrated in social history as the _grandes nuits de Sceaux_; everyone invited to them received the highest brevet of fashion that the world could give.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
forests
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From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
France
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From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
gardens
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From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
give
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From this reading The weeks of Amyôt were likely to become as celebrated in social history as the _grandes nuits de Sceaux_; everyone invited to them received the highest brevet of fashion that the world could give.
golden
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From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
grandes
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From this reading The weeks of Amyôt were likely to become as celebrated in social history as the _grandes nuits de Sceaux_; everyone invited to them received the highest brevet of fashion that the world could give.
GreatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
grown
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
guests
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From this reading She had a constant succession of guests, and a kaleidoscopic infinitude of pastimes.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had a constant succession of guests, and a kaleidoscopic infinitude of pastimes.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
highest
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From this reading The weeks of Amyôt were likely to become as celebrated in social history as the _grandes nuits de Sceaux_; everyone invited to them received the highest brevet of fashion that the world could give.
history
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From this reading The weeks of Amyôt were likely to become as celebrated in social history as the _grandes nuits de Sceaux_; everyone invited to them received the highest brevet of fashion that the world could give.
houses
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From this reading Other people were immensely pleased and amused at Amyôt and at her other houses: she alone was not.
immensely
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From this reading Other people were immensely pleased and amused at Amyôt and at her other houses: she alone was not.
impenetrable
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From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
infinitude
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From this reading She had a constant succession of guests, and a kaleidoscopic infinitude of pastimes.
ingenuity
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
intelligences
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
invited
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From this reading The weeks of Amyôt were likely to become as celebrated in social history as the _grandes nuits de Sceaux_; everyone invited to them received the highest brevet of fashion that the world could give.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
kaleidoscopic
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From this reading She had a constant succession of guests, and a kaleidoscopic infinitude of pastimes.
kind
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
likely
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From this reading The weeks of Amyôt were likely to become as celebrated in social history as the _grandes nuits de Sceaux_; everyone invited to them received the highest brevet of fashion that the world could give.
majestic
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From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
mistress
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From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
moonlight
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
mute
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
nightingales
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Other people were immensely pleased and amused at Amyôt and at her other houses: she alone was not.
novelty
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
nuits
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From this reading The weeks of Amyôt were likely to become as celebrated in social history as the _grandes nuits de Sceaux_; everyone invited to them received the highest brevet of fashion that the world could give.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
ornamented
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
Other
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From this reading Other people were immensely pleased and amused at Amyôt and at her other houses: she alone was not.
palace
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From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
pastimes
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From this reading She had a constant succession of guests, and a kaleidoscopic infinitude of pastimes.
people
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From this reading Other people were immensely pleased and amused at Amyôt and at her other houses: she alone was not.
piles
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From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
place
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From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
played
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
pleasednounUS /ˈpleased/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
Primaticcio
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
received
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From this reading The weeks of Amyôt were likely to become as celebrated in social history as the _grandes nuits de Sceaux_; everyone invited to them received the highest brevet of fashion that the world could give.
replace
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
Sceaux
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From this reading The weeks of Amyôt were likely to become as celebrated in social history as the _grandes nuits de Sceaux_; everyone invited to them received the highest brevet of fashion that the world could give.
screen
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From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
set
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From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had a constant succession of guests, and a kaleidoscopic infinitude of pastimes.
shining
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From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
singers
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
social
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From this reading The weeks of Amyôt were likely to become as celebrated in social history as the _grandes nuits de Sceaux_; everyone invited to them received the highest brevet of fashion that the world could give.
stage
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
stately
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From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
stone
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From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
succession
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From this reading She had a constant succession of guests, and a kaleidoscopic infinitude of pastimes.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The weeks of Amyôt were likely to become as celebrated in social history as the _grandes nuits de Sceaux_; everyone invited to them received the highest brevet of fashion that the world could give.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The weeks of Amyôt were likely to become as celebrated in social history as the _grandes nuits de Sceaux_; everyone invited to them received the highest brevet of fashion that the world could give.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
verdure
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From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
warbled
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
waters
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From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
weather
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From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
weeks
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From this reading The weeks of Amyôt were likely to become as celebrated in social history as the _grandes nuits de Sceaux_; everyone invited to them received the highest brevet of fashion that the world could give.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They were again at Amyôt in the golden August weather, when no place pleased its mistress better than the cool and stately palace set upon its shining waters and stone piles, with the deep forests of France drawn in an impenetrable screen of verdure around its majestic gardens.
wits
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From this reading Great singers came down and warbled by moonlight to replace the nightingales grown mute; great actors came down also and played on the stage which had been built and ornamented by Primaticcio; every kind of ingenuity in novelty and diversion was exercised for her by cunning intelligences and brilliant wits.
world
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From this reading The weeks of Amyôt were likely to become as celebrated in social history as the _grandes nuits de Sceaux_; everyone invited to them received the highest brevet of fashion that the world could give.
