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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 When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
again
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From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
AUBIN
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From this reading AUBIN DU CORMIER.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
bloodhound
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From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
cap
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From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
chain
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From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
coherence
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From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
come
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From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
CORMIER
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From this reading AUBIN DU CORMIER.
deep
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From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
difficulty
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From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
dreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
DU
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From this reading AUBIN DU CORMIER.
evening
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From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
FOREST
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From this reading THE FOREST OF ST.
found
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From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
fur
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From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
gardener
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From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
grasped
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From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
hand
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From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
Hautois
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From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
heard
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From this reading I heard the rising wind shaking the tops of the lofty oaks.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
like
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From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
lofty
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From this reading I heard the rising wind shaking the tops of the lofty oaks.
long
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From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
near
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From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
now
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From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
oaks
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From this reading I heard the rising wind shaking the tops of the lofty oaks.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE FOREST OF ST.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
passages
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From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
picked
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From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
recals
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From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
recognising
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From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
remembered
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From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
rising
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From this reading I heard the rising wind shaking the tops of the lofty oaks.
shaking
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From this reading I heard the rising wind shaking the tops of the lofty oaks.
slumber
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From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
some
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From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
ST
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From this reading THE FOREST OF ST.
steel
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From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
still
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From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FOREST OF ST.
thoughts
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From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
took
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From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
tops
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From this reading I heard the rising wind shaking the tops of the lofty oaks.
tree
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From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
unyielding
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From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
up
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From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
Urbain
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From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
wind
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From this reading I heard the rising wind shaking the tops of the lofty oaks.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading When my thoughts took some coherence again, evening had come on, and I found myself alone and still in a forest--alone with the bloodhound, whose steel chain I grasped with an unyielding hand.
wornverbUS /wɔːrn/
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading I remembered now, like one who, after a long and deep slumber, recals the passages of a dream, that near the tree beneath which we found _her_, Urbain the gardener had picked up a fur cap, which I had no difficulty in recognising as one that had been worn by Hautois.
