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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 DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
all
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From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A hasty farewell look, as we sped down the grand canal, at the gorgeous palaces, even less famous than beautiful--a glance at the disappearing Rialto, and we shot out into the Giudecca in a blaze of sunset glory.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We pushed from the post-office stairs in a gondola with six oars at sunset.
BANQUETING
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
beautiful
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From this reading A hasty farewell look, as we sped down the grand canal, at the gorgeous palaces, even less famous than beautiful--a glance at the disappearing Rialto, and we shot out into the Giudecca in a blaze of sunset glory.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
blaze
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From this reading A hasty farewell look, as we sped down the grand canal, at the gorgeous palaces, even less famous than beautiful--a glance at the disappearing Rialto, and we shot out into the Giudecca in a blaze of sunset glory.
canal
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From this reading A hasty farewell look, as we sped down the grand canal, at the gorgeous palaces, even less famous than beautiful--a glance at the disappearing Rialto, and we shot out into the Giudecca in a blaze of sunset glory.
CAPULETS
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
CHRONICLEnounUS /ˈkrɑː.nɪ.kəl/
A detailed written record of historical events in order. (Sử ký, biên niên sử lịch sử.)
From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
CITY
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
COOL
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
COUNTRY
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
DEPARTURE
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
disappearing
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From this reading A hasty farewell look, as we sped down the grand canal, at the gorgeous palaces, even less famous than beautiful--a glance at the disappearing Rialto, and we shot out into the Giudecca in a blaze of sunset glory.
down
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From this reading A hasty farewell look, as we sped down the grand canal, at the gorgeous palaces, even less famous than beautiful--a glance at the disappearing Rialto, and we shot out into the Giudecca in a blaze of sunset glory.
ETC
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
even
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From this reading A hasty farewell look, as we sped down the grand canal, at the gorgeous palaces, even less famous than beautiful--a glance at the disappearing Rialto, and we shot out into the Giudecca in a blaze of sunset glory.
FACTS
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
famous
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From this reading A hasty farewell look, as we sped down the grand canal, at the gorgeous palaces, even less famous than beautiful--a glance at the disappearing Rialto, and we shot out into the Giudecca in a blaze of sunset glory.
farewell
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From this reading A hasty farewell look, as we sped down the grand canal, at the gorgeous palaces, even less famous than beautiful--a glance at the disappearing Rialto, and we shot out into the Giudecca in a blaze of sunset glory.
FICTION
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
fused
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From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
GENTLEMEN
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
Giudecca
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From this reading A hasty farewell look, as we sped down the grand canal, at the gorgeous palaces, even less famous than beautiful--a glance at the disappearing Rialto, and we shot out into the Giudecca in a blaze of sunset glory.
glance
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From this reading A hasty farewell look, as we sped down the grand canal, at the gorgeous palaces, even less famous than beautiful--a glance at the disappearing Rialto, and we shot out into the Giudecca in a blaze of sunset glory.
glass
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From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
glory
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From this reading A hasty farewell look, as we sped down the grand canal, at the gorgeous palaces, even less famous than beautiful--a glance at the disappearing Rialto, and we shot out into the Giudecca in a blaze of sunset glory.
gold
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From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
gondola
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From this reading We pushed from the post-office stairs in a gondola with six oars at sunset.
gorgeous
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From this reading A hasty farewell look, as we sped down the grand canal, at the gorgeous palaces, even less famous than beautiful--a glance at the disappearing Rialto, and we shot out into the Giudecca in a blaze of sunset glory.
grand
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From this reading A hasty farewell look, as we sped down the grand canal, at the gorgeous palaces, even less famous than beautiful--a glance at the disappearing Rialto, and we shot out into the Giudecca in a blaze of sunset glory.
HALL
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
hasty
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From this reading A hasty farewell look, as we sped down the grand canal, at the gorgeous palaces, even less famous than beautiful--a glance at the disappearing Rialto, and we shot out into the Giudecca in a blaze of sunset glory.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
HOTEL
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
how
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From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A hasty farewell look, as we sped down the grand canal, at the gorgeous palaces, even less famous than beautiful--a glance at the disappearing Rialto, and we shot out into the Giudecca in a blaze of sunset glory.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was melancholy to leave Venice.
ITALIAN
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
JULIET'S
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
LADY
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
leave
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From this reading It was melancholy to leave Venice.
less
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From this reading A hasty farewell look, as we sped down the grand canal, at the gorgeous palaces, even less famous than beautiful--a glance at the disappearing Rialto, and we shot out into the Giudecca in a blaze of sunset glory.
light
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From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
like
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From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
look
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From this reading A hasty farewell look, as we sped down the grand canal, at the gorgeous palaces, even less famous than beautiful--a glance at the disappearing Rialto, and we shot out into the Giudecca in a blaze of sunset glory.
looked
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From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
magnificently
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From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
MANNERS
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
melancholy
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From this reading It was melancholy to leave Venice.
MIDNIGHT
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
mirror
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From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
oars
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From this reading We pushed from the post-office stairs in a gondola with six oars at sunset.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
Oh
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From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
ONLY
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
out
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From this reading A hasty farewell look, as we sped down the grand canal, at the gorgeous palaces, even less famous than beautiful--a glance at the disappearing Rialto, and we shot out into the Giudecca in a blaze of sunset glory.
PADUA
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
PALACE
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
palaces
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From this reading A hasty farewell look, as we sped down the grand canal, at the gorgeous palaces, even less famous than beautiful--a glance at the disappearing Rialto, and we shot out into the Giudecca in a blaze of sunset glory.
PARTY
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
PLACE
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
post-office
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From this reading We pushed from the post-office stairs in a gondola with six oars at sunset.
pushed
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From this reading We pushed from the post-office stairs in a gondola with six oars at sunset.
RETURNING
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
Rialto
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From this reading A hasty farewell look, as we sped down the grand canal, at the gorgeous palaces, even less famous than beautiful--a glance at the disappearing Rialto, and we shot out into the Giudecca in a blaze of sunset glory.
ripple
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From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
rising
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From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
SCALIGERS
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
SCENE
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
sea
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From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
shot
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From this reading A hasty farewell look, as we sped down the grand canal, at the gorgeous palaces, even less famous than beautiful--a glance at the disappearing Rialto, and we shot out into the Giudecca in a blaze of sunset glory.
six
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From this reading We pushed from the post-office stairs in a gondola with six oars at sunset.
sped
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From this reading A hasty farewell look, as we sped down the grand canal, at the gorgeous palaces, even less famous than beautiful--a glance at the disappearing Rialto, and we shot out into the Giudecca in a blaze of sunset glory.
spires
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From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
SPLENDID
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
stained
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From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
stairs
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From this reading We pushed from the post-office stairs in a gondola with six oars at sunset.
SUNSET
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
superb
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From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading A hasty farewell look, as we sped down the grand canal, at the gorgeous palaces, even less famous than beautiful--a glance at the disappearing Rialto, and we shot out into the Giudecca in a blaze of sunset glory.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was melancholy to leave Venice.
TOMB
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
TOMBS
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
towers
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From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
turrets
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From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
TWO
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
VENICE
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
VERONA
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
VICENZA
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
WALKING
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From this reading DEPARTURE FROM VENICE--A SUNSET SCENE--PADUA--SPLENDID HOTEL--MANNERS OF THE COUNTRY--VICENZA--MIDNIGHT--LADY RETURNING FROM A PARTY--VERONA--JULIET'S TOMB--THE TOMB OF THE CAPULETS--THE TOMBS OF THE SCALIGERS--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA--A WALKING CHRONICLE--PALACE OF THE CAPULETS--ONLY COOL PLACE IN AN ITALIAN CITY--BANQUETING HALL OF THE CAPULETS--FACTS AND FICTION, ETC.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was melancholy to leave Venice.
waters
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From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We pushed from the post-office stairs in a gondola with six oars at sunset.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We pushed from the post-office stairs in a gondola with six oars at sunset.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Oh how magnificently looked Venice in that light--rising behind us from the sea--all her superb towers and palaces, turrets and spires, fused into gold; and the waters about her, like a mirror of stained glass, without a ripple!
