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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 Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Almost on the stroke of sunrise Rosemary McClean stepped out--settled her sun-helmet, with a moue above the chin-strap that was wasted on flat-bosomed, black grandmotherdom and sulky groom--and mounted.
aching
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
almost
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
apparently
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
away
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
baobab
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
barely
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From this reading THE dawn was barely breaking yet when things stirred in the little mission house.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
black
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From this reading Almost on the stroke of sunrise Rosemary McClean stepped out--settled her sun-helmet, with a moue above the chin-strap that was wasted on flat-bosomed, black grandmotherdom and sulky groom--and mounted.
boast
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From this reading Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
bong-bong-bong
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
breaking
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From this reading THE dawn was barely breaking yet when things stirred in the little mission house.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The flea-bitten gray pony was saddled by a sleepy saice, and brought round from his open-sided thatch stable in the rear.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The flea-bitten gray pony was saddled by a sleepy saice, and brought round from his open-sided thatch stable in the rear.
chattered
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
chin-strap
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From this reading Almost on the stroke of sunrise Rosemary McClean stepped out--settled her sun-helmet, with a moue above the chin-strap that was wasted on flat-bosomed, black grandmotherdom and sulky groom--and mounted.
coppersmith
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
dawn
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From this reading THE dawn was barely breaking yet when things stirred in the little mission house.
day
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
died
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
direction
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
everlasting
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
fading
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
flat-bosomed
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From this reading Almost on the stroke of sunrise Rosemary McClean stepped out--settled her sun-helmet, with a moue above the chin-strap that was wasted on flat-bosomed, black grandmotherdom and sulky groom--and mounted.
flea-bitten
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From this reading The flea-bitten gray pony was saddled by a sleepy saice, and brought round from his open-sided thatch stable in the rear.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The flea-bitten gray pony was saddled by a sleepy saice, and brought round from his open-sided thatch stable in the rear.
give
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From this reading Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
glarenounUS /glare/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
God
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From this reading Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
going
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From this reading Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
grandmotherdom
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From this reading Almost on the stroke of sunrise Rosemary McClean stepped out--settled her sun-helmet, with a moue above the chin-strap that was wasted on flat-bosomed, black grandmotherdom and sulky groom--and mounted.
gray
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From this reading The flea-bitten gray pony was saddled by a sleepy saice, and brought round from his open-sided thatch stable in the rear.
groom
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From this reading Almost on the stroke of sunrise Rosemary McClean stepped out--settled her sun-helmet, with a moue above the chin-strap that was wasted on flat-bosomed, black grandmotherdom and sulky groom--and mounted.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Almost on the stroke of sunrise Rosemary McClean stepped out--settled her sun-helmet, with a moue above the chin-strap that was wasted on flat-bosomed, black grandmotherdom and sulky groom--and mounted.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The flea-bitten gray pony was saddled by a sleepy saice, and brought round from his open-sided thatch stable in the rear.
house
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From this reading THE dawn was barely breaking yet when things stirred in the little mission house.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
indetectable
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
lead
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From this reading Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
line
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From this reading Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE dawn was barely breaking yet when things stirred in the little mission house.
master
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From this reading Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
mauve
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
McClean
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From this reading Almost on the stroke of sunrise Rosemary McClean stepped out--settled her sun-helmet, with a moue above the chin-strap that was wasted on flat-bosomed, black grandmotherdom and sulky groom--and mounted.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
mission
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From this reading THE dawn was barely breaking yet when things stirred in the little mission house.
monkeys
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
moue
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From this reading Almost on the stroke of sunrise Rosemary McClean stepped out--settled her sun-helmet, with a moue above the chin-strap that was wasted on flat-bosomed, black grandmotherdom and sulky groom--and mounted.
mounted
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From this reading Almost on the stroke of sunrise Rosemary McClean stepped out--settled her sun-helmet, with a moue above the chin-strap that was wasted on flat-bosomed, black grandmotherdom and sulky groom--and mounted.
moved
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
near-by
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
nerve
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From this reading Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
night
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
Now
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From this reading Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
o
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From this reading Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Almost on the stroke of sunrise Rosemary McClean stepped out--settled her sun-helmet, with a moue above the chin-strap that was wasted on flat-bosomed, black grandmotherdom and sulky groom--and mounted.
open-sided
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From this reading The flea-bitten gray pony was saddled by a sleepy saice, and brought round from his open-sided thatch stable in the rear.
out
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From this reading Almost on the stroke of sunrise Rosemary McClean stepped out--settled her sun-helmet, with a moue above the chin-strap that was wasted on flat-bosomed, black grandmotherdom and sulky groom--and mounted.
pony
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From this reading The flea-bitten gray pony was saddled by a sleepy saice, and brought round from his open-sided thatch stable in the rear.
precede
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
rear
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From this reading The flea-bitten gray pony was saddled by a sleepy saice, and brought round from his open-sided thatch stable in the rear.
requiem
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
reverberating
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
Rosemary
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From this reading Almost on the stroke of sunrise Rosemary McClean stepped out--settled her sun-helmet, with a moue above the chin-strap that was wasted on flat-bosomed, black grandmotherdom and sulky groom--and mounted.
round
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From this reading The flea-bitten gray pony was saddled by a sleepy saice, and brought round from his open-sided thatch stable in the rear.
saddled
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From this reading The flea-bitten gray pony was saddled by a sleepy saice, and brought round from his open-sided thatch stable in the rear.
saice
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From this reading The flea-bitten gray pony was saddled by a sleepy saice, and brought round from his open-sided thatch stable in the rear.
serve
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From this reading Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
settled
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From this reading Almost on the stroke of sunrise Rosemary McClean stepped out--settled her sun-helmet, with a moue above the chin-strap that was wasted on flat-bosomed, black grandmotherdom and sulky groom--and mounted.
sleepy
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From this reading The flea-bitten gray pony was saddled by a sleepy saice, and brought round from his open-sided thatch stable in the rear.
speed
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From this reading Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
stable
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From this reading The flea-bitten gray pony was saddled by a sleepy saice, and brought round from his open-sided thatch stable in the rear.
stepped
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From this reading Almost on the stroke of sunrise Rosemary McClean stepped out--settled her sun-helmet, with a moue above the chin-strap that was wasted on flat-bosomed, black grandmotherdom and sulky groom--and mounted.
stirred
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From this reading THE dawn was barely breaking yet when things stirred in the little mission house.
stroke
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From this reading Almost on the stroke of sunrise Rosemary McClean stepped out--settled her sun-helmet, with a moue above the chin-strap that was wasted on flat-bosomed, black grandmotherdom and sulky groom--and mounted.
sulky
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From this reading Almost on the stroke of sunrise Rosemary McClean stepped out--settled her sun-helmet, with a moue above the chin-strap that was wasted on flat-bosomed, black grandmotherdom and sulky groom--and mounted.
sun-helmet
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From this reading Almost on the stroke of sunrise Rosemary McClean stepped out--settled her sun-helmet, with a moue above the chin-strap that was wasted on flat-bosomed, black grandmotherdom and sulky groom--and mounted.
sunrise
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From this reading Almost on the stroke of sunrise Rosemary McClean stepped out--settled her sun-helmet, with a moue above the chin-strap that was wasted on flat-bosomed, black grandmotherdom and sulky groom--and mounted.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
thatch
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From this reading The flea-bitten gray pony was saddled by a sleepy saice, and brought round from his open-sided thatch stable in the rear.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
things
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From this reading THE dawn was barely breaking yet when things stirred in the little mission house.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Now, God give good going to master o' mine, God speed him, and lead him, and nerve him; God give him a lead of a length in the line, And,--God let him boast that I serve him!
violet
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
warm
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE dawn was barely breaking yet when things stirred in the little mission house.
wasted
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From this reading Almost on the stroke of sunrise Rosemary McClean stepped out--settled her sun-helmet, with a moue above the chin-strap that was wasted on flat-bosomed, black grandmotherdom and sulky groom--and mounted.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading THE dawn was barely breaking yet when things stirred in the little mission house.
whiff
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Almost on the stroke of sunrise Rosemary McClean stepped out--settled her sun-helmet, with a moue above the chin-strap that was wasted on flat-bosomed, black grandmotherdom and sulky groom--and mounted.
yellow
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From this reading The violet and mauve, that precede the aching yellow glare of day were fading; a coppersmith began his everlasting bong-bong-bong, apparently reverberating from every direction; the last, almost indetectable, warm whiff of night wind moved and died away, and the monkeys in the near-by baobab chattered it a requiem.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading THE dawn was barely breaking yet when things stirred in the little mission house.
