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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 BENEATH THE SURFACE Up came the dusk to the doors of the king's palace--a hurry of grey banners flowing into the empty ways where the sun had been.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He smiled, remembering her words, and glanced over his shoulder down the long room where the other light was now beginning to creep about, first expressing, then embracing the chamber dusk.
advance
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From this reading Upon this high dominion Night could not advance unheralded, and here the Twilight messengered her coming long after the dark lay thick on the lowland and on the toiling water.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Upon this high dominion Night could not advance unheralded, and here the Twilight messengered her coming long after the dark lay thick on the lowland and on the toiling water.
all
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From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
Amory's
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From this reading St. George, leaning from Amory's window, looked down on the shadows rising in exquisite hesitation, as if they came curling from the lighted censer of Med.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Upon this high dominion Night could not advance unheralded, and here the Twilight messengered her coming long after the dark lay thick on the lowland and on the toiling water.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading St. George, leaning from Amory's window, looked down on the shadows rising in exquisite hesitation, as if they came curling from the lighted censer of Med.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
banners
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From this reading BENEATH THE SURFACE Up came the dusk to the doors of the king's palace--a hurry of grey banners flowing into the empty ways where the sun had been.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading BENEATH THE SURFACE Up came the dusk to the doors of the king's palace--a hurry of grey banners flowing into the empty ways where the sun had been.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He smiled, remembering her words, and glanced over his shoulder down the long room where the other light was now beginning to creep about, first expressing, then embracing the chamber dusk.
BENEATHprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading BENEATH THE SURFACE Up came the dusk to the doors of the king's palace--a hurry of grey banners flowing into the empty ways where the sun had been.
came
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From this reading BENEATH THE SURFACE Up came the dusk to the doors of the king's palace--a hurry of grey banners flowing into the empty ways where the sun had been.
censer
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From this reading St. George, leaning from Amory's window, looked down on the shadows rising in exquisite hesitation, as if they came curling from the lighted censer of Med.
chamber
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From this reading He smiled, remembering her words, and glanced over his shoulder down the long room where the other light was now beginning to creep about, first expressing, then embracing the chamber dusk.
coming
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From this reading Upon this high dominion Night could not advance unheralded, and here the Twilight messengered her coming long after the dark lay thick on the lowland and on the toiling water.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Upon this high dominion Night could not advance unheralded, and here the Twilight messengered her coming long after the dark lay thick on the lowland and on the toiling water.
creep
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From this reading He smiled, remembering her words, and glanced over his shoulder down the long room where the other light was now beginning to creep about, first expressing, then embracing the chamber dusk.
curling
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From this reading St. George, leaning from Amory's window, looked down on the shadows rising in exquisite hesitation, as if they came curling from the lighted censer of Med.
dark
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From this reading Upon this high dominion Night could not advance unheralded, and here the Twilight messengered her coming long after the dark lay thick on the lowland and on the toiling water.
dominion
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From this reading Upon this high dominion Night could not advance unheralded, and here the Twilight messengered her coming long after the dark lay thick on the lowland and on the toiling water.
doors
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From this reading BENEATH THE SURFACE Up came the dusk to the doors of the king's palace--a hurry of grey banners flowing into the empty ways where the sun had been.
doubt
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From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
down
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From this reading St. George, leaning from Amory's window, looked down on the shadows rising in exquisite hesitation, as if they came curling from the lighted censer of Med.
dusk
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From this reading BENEATH THE SURFACE Up came the dusk to the doors of the king's palace--a hurry of grey banners flowing into the empty ways where the sun had been.
embracing
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From this reading He smiled, remembering her words, and glanced over his shoulder down the long room where the other light was now beginning to creep about, first expressing, then embracing the chamber dusk.
empty
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From this reading BENEATH THE SURFACE Up came the dusk to the doors of the king's palace--a hurry of grey banners flowing into the empty ways where the sun had been.
expressing
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From this reading He smiled, remembering her words, and glanced over his shoulder down the long room where the other light was now beginning to creep about, first expressing, then embracing the chamber dusk.
exquisite
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From this reading St. George, leaning from Amory's window, looked down on the shadows rising in exquisite hesitation, as if they came curling from the lighted censer of Med.
fancies
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From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
figured
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From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He smiled, remembering her words, and glanced over his shoulder down the long room where the other light was now beginning to creep about, first expressing, then embracing the chamber dusk.
flowers
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From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
flowing
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From this reading BENEATH THE SURFACE Up came the dusk to the doors of the king's palace--a hurry of grey banners flowing into the empty ways where the sun had been.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading St. George, leaning from Amory's window, looked down on the shadows rising in exquisite hesitation, as if they came curling from the lighted censer of Med.
George
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From this reading St. George, leaning from Amory's window, looked down on the shadows rising in exquisite hesitation, as if they came curling from the lighted censer of Med.
glanced
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From this reading He smiled, remembering her words, and glanced over his shoulder down the long room where the other light was now beginning to creep about, first expressing, then embracing the chamber dusk.
glimpsing
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From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
goblins
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From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
gravely
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From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
grey
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From this reading BENEATH THE SURFACE Up came the dusk to the doors of the king's palace--a hurry of grey banners flowing into the empty ways where the sun had been.
grey-bodied
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From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
grey-winged
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From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading BENEATH THE SURFACE Up came the dusk to the doors of the king's palace--a hurry of grey banners flowing into the empty ways where the sun had been.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He smiled, remembering her words, and glanced over his shoulder down the long room where the other light was now beginning to creep about, first expressing, then embracing the chamber dusk.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Upon this high dominion Night could not advance unheralded, and here the Twilight messengered her coming long after the dark lay thick on the lowland and on the toiling water.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Upon this high dominion Night could not advance unheralded, and here the Twilight messengered her coming long after the dark lay thick on the lowland and on the toiling water.
hesitation
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From this reading St. George, leaning from Amory's window, looked down on the shadows rising in exquisite hesitation, as if they came curling from the lighted censer of Med.
high
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From this reading Upon this high dominion Night could not advance unheralded, and here the Twilight messengered her coming long after the dark lay thick on the lowland and on the toiling water.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He smiled, remembering her words, and glanced over his shoulder down the long room where the other light was now beginning to creep about, first expressing, then embracing the chamber dusk.
hurry
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From this reading BENEATH THE SURFACE Up came the dusk to the doors of the king's palace--a hurry of grey banners flowing into the empty ways where the sun had been.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading St. George, leaning from Amory's window, looked down on the shadows rising in exquisite hesitation, as if they came curling from the lighted censer of Med.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading St. George, leaning from Amory's window, looked down on the shadows rising in exquisite hesitation, as if they came curling from the lighted censer of Med.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading BENEATH THE SURFACE Up came the dusk to the doors of the king's palace--a hurry of grey banners flowing into the empty ways where the sun had been.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
king's
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From this reading BENEATH THE SURFACE Up came the dusk to the doors of the king's palace--a hurry of grey banners flowing into the empty ways where the sun had been.
lay
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From this reading Upon this high dominion Night could not advance unheralded, and here the Twilight messengered her coming long after the dark lay thick on the lowland and on the toiling water.
leaning
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From this reading St. George, leaning from Amory's window, looked down on the shadows rising in exquisite hesitation, as if they came curling from the lighted censer of Med.
light
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From this reading He smiled, remembering her words, and glanced over his shoulder down the long room where the other light was now beginning to creep about, first expressing, then embracing the chamber dusk.
lighted
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From this reading St. George, leaning from Amory's window, looked down on the shadows rising in exquisite hesitation, as if they came curling from the lighted censer of Med.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
living
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From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Upon this high dominion Night could not advance unheralded, and here the Twilight messengered her coming long after the dark lay thick on the lowland and on the toiling water.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading St. George, leaning from Amory's window, looked down on the shadows rising in exquisite hesitation, as if they came curling from the lighted censer of Med.
lowland
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From this reading Upon this high dominion Night could not advance unheralded, and here the Twilight messengered her coming long after the dark lay thick on the lowland and on the toiling water.
Med
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From this reading St. George, leaning from Amory's window, looked down on the shadows rising in exquisite hesitation, as if they came curling from the lighted censer of Med.
messengered
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From this reading Upon this high dominion Night could not advance unheralded, and here the Twilight messengered her coming long after the dark lay thick on the lowland and on the toiling water.
Night
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From this reading Upon this high dominion Night could not advance unheralded, and here the Twilight messengered her coming long after the dark lay thick on the lowland and on the toiling water.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Upon this high dominion Night could not advance unheralded, and here the Twilight messengered her coming long after the dark lay thick on the lowland and on the toiling water.
now
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From this reading He smiled, remembering her words, and glanced over his shoulder down the long room where the other light was now beginning to creep about, first expressing, then embracing the chamber dusk.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BENEATH THE SURFACE Up came the dusk to the doors of the king's palace--a hurry of grey banners flowing into the empty ways where the sun had been.
Olivia
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From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Upon this high dominion Night could not advance unheralded, and here the Twilight messengered her coming long after the dark lay thick on the lowland and on the toiling water.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
only
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From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
other
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From this reading He smiled, remembering her words, and glanced over his shoulder down the long room where the other light was now beginning to creep about, first expressing, then embracing the chamber dusk.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He smiled, remembering her words, and glanced over his shoulder down the long room where the other light was now beginning to creep about, first expressing, then embracing the chamber dusk.
palace
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From this reading BENEATH THE SURFACE Up came the dusk to the doors of the king's palace--a hurry of grey banners flowing into the empty ways where the sun had been.
patterned
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From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
remembering
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From this reading He smiled, remembering her words, and glanced over his shoulder down the long room where the other light was now beginning to creep about, first expressing, then embracing the chamber dusk.
rising
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From this reading St. George, leaning from Amory's window, looked down on the shadows rising in exquisite hesitation, as if they came curling from the lighted censer of Med.
room
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From this reading He smiled, remembering her words, and glanced over his shoulder down the long room where the other light was now beginning to creep about, first expressing, then embracing the chamber dusk.
said
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From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
see
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From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
shadows
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From this reading St. George, leaning from Amory's window, looked down on the shadows rising in exquisite hesitation, as if they came curling from the lighted censer of Med.
shoulder
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From this reading He smiled, remembering her words, and glanced over his shoulder down the long room where the other light was now beginning to creep about, first expressing, then embracing the chamber dusk.
smiled
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From this reading He smiled, remembering her words, and glanced over his shoulder down the long room where the other light was now beginning to creep about, first expressing, then embracing the chamber dusk.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
sometimes
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From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
sprites
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From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
St
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From this reading St. George, leaning from Amory's window, looked down on the shadows rising in exquisite hesitation, as if they came curling from the lighted censer of Med.
stars
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From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
sun
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From this reading BENEATH THE SURFACE Up came the dusk to the doors of the king's palace--a hurry of grey banners flowing into the empty ways where the sun had been.
SURFACE
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From this reading BENEATH THE SURFACE Up came the dusk to the doors of the king's palace--a hurry of grey banners flowing into the empty ways where the sun had been.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BENEATH THE SURFACE Up came the dusk to the doors of the king's palace--a hurry of grey banners flowing into the empty ways where the sun had been.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
then
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From this reading He smiled, remembering her words, and glanced over his shoulder down the long room where the other light was now beginning to creep about, first expressing, then embracing the chamber dusk.
There
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From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading St. George, leaning from Amory's window, looked down on the shadows rising in exquisite hesitation, as if they came curling from the lighted censer of Med.
thick
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From this reading Upon this high dominion Night could not advance unheralded, and here the Twilight messengered her coming long after the dark lay thick on the lowland and on the toiling water.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Upon this high dominion Night could not advance unheralded, and here the Twilight messengered her coming long after the dark lay thick on the lowland and on the toiling water.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BENEATH THE SURFACE Up came the dusk to the doors of the king's palace--a hurry of grey banners flowing into the empty ways where the sun had been.
toiling
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From this reading Upon this high dominion Night could not advance unheralded, and here the Twilight messengered her coming long after the dark lay thick on the lowland and on the toiling water.
TwilightnounUS /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/
the dim light before night or sunrise
From this reading Upon this high dominion Night could not advance unheralded, and here the Twilight messengered her coming long after the dark lay thick on the lowland and on the toiling water.
unearthly
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From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
unheralded
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From this reading Upon this high dominion Night could not advance unheralded, and here the Twilight messengered her coming long after the dark lay thick on the lowland and on the toiling water.
Up
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From this reading BENEATH THE SURFACE Up came the dusk to the doors of the king's palace--a hurry of grey banners flowing into the empty ways where the sun had been.
UponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Upon this high dominion Night could not advance unheralded, and here the Twilight messengered her coming long after the dark lay thick on the lowland and on the toiling water.
upper-air
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From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
wandering
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From this reading There is no doubt at all, Olivia had said gravely, that the dusk is patterned, if only one could see it--figured in unearthly flowers, in wandering stars, in upper-air sprites, grey-winged, grey-bodied, so that sometimes glimpsing them one fancies them to be little living goblins.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He smiled, remembering her words, and glanced over his shoulder down the long room where the other light was now beginning to creep about, first expressing, then embracing the chamber dusk.
water
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From this reading Upon this high dominion Night could not advance unheralded, and here the Twilight messengered her coming long after the dark lay thick on the lowland and on the toiling water.
ways
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From this reading BENEATH THE SURFACE Up came the dusk to the doors of the king's palace--a hurry of grey banners flowing into the empty ways where the sun had been.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading BENEATH THE SURFACE Up came the dusk to the doors of the king's palace--a hurry of grey banners flowing into the empty ways where the sun had been.
window
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From this reading St. George, leaning from Amory's window, looked down on the shadows rising in exquisite hesitation, as if they came curling from the lighted censer of Med.
words
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From this reading He smiled, remembering her words, and glanced over his shoulder down the long room where the other light was now beginning to creep about, first expressing, then embracing the chamber dusk.
