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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 Her heavy hair perfumed and falling in silky curls, hung down over her body, enveloping her as in a regal mantle, caressing her from throat to knees with a gentle kiss.
affectionate
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From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading DANCING GIRLS FROM GADES Sónnica awoke two hours after midday.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Its light heightened the color of the stucco frames around scenes from the Olympian games painted on the wall, and of the columns of rose-colored marble which flanked the doorway.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Its light heightened the color of the stucco frames around scenes from the Olympian games painted on the wall, and of the columns of rose-colored marble which flanked the doorway.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Her heavy hair perfumed and falling in silky curls, hung down over her body, enveloping her as in a regal mantle, caressing her from throat to knees with a gentle kiss.
awoke
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From this reading DANCING GIRLS FROM GADES Sónnica awoke two hours after midday.
bars
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From this reading The oblique rays of the sun filtered through the gilded bars of her window over which crept the foliage of grapevines.
beautiful
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From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
bosom
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From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
caressing
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From this reading Her heavy hair perfumed and falling in silky curls, hung down over her body, enveloping her as in a regal mantle, caressing her from throat to knees with a gentle kiss.
color
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From this reading Its light heightened the color of the stucco frames around scenes from the Olympian games painted on the wall, and of the columns of rose-colored marble which flanked the doorway.
columns
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From this reading Its light heightened the color of the stucco frames around scenes from the Olympian games painted on the wall, and of the columns of rose-colored marble which flanked the doorway.
covers
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From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
crept
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From this reading The oblique rays of the sun filtered through the gilded bars of her window over which crept the foliage of grapevines.
curls
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From this reading Her heavy hair perfumed and falling in silky curls, hung down over her body, enveloping her as in a regal mantle, caressing her from throat to knees with a gentle kiss.
curving
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From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
DANCING
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From this reading DANCING GIRLS FROM GADES Sónnica awoke two hours after midday.
doorway
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From this reading Its light heightened the color of the stucco frames around scenes from the Olympian games painted on the wall, and of the columns of rose-colored marble which flanked the doorway.
down
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From this reading Her heavy hair perfumed and falling in silky curls, hung down over her body, enveloping her as in a regal mantle, caressing her from throat to knees with a gentle kiss.
enveloping
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From this reading Her heavy hair perfumed and falling in silky curls, hung down over her body, enveloping her as in a regal mantle, caressing her from throat to knees with a gentle kiss.
eyes
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From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
falling
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From this reading Her heavy hair perfumed and falling in silky curls, hung down over her body, enveloping her as in a regal mantle, caressing her from throat to knees with a gentle kiss.
feet
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From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
figure
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From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
filtered
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From this reading The oblique rays of the sun filtered through the gilded bars of her window over which crept the foliage of grapevines.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
flanked
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From this reading Its light heightened the color of the stucco frames around scenes from the Olympian games painted on the wall, and of the columns of rose-colored marble which flanked the doorway.
floor
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From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
foliage
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From this reading The oblique rays of the sun filtered through the gilded bars of her window over which crept the foliage of grapevines.
frames
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From this reading Its light heightened the color of the stucco frames around scenes from the Olympian games painted on the wall, and of the columns of rose-colored marble which flanked the doorway.
FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading DANCING GIRLS FROM GADES Sónnica awoke two hours after midday.
GADES
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From this reading DANCING GIRLS FROM GADES Sónnica awoke two hours after midday.
games
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From this reading Its light heightened the color of the stucco frames around scenes from the Olympian games painted on the wall, and of the columns of rose-colored marble which flanked the doorway.
gentle
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From this reading Her heavy hair perfumed and falling in silky curls, hung down over her body, enveloping her as in a regal mantle, caressing her from throat to knees with a gentle kiss.
gilded
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From this reading The oblique rays of the sun filtered through the gilded bars of her window over which crept the foliage of grapevines.
GIRLS
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From this reading DANCING GIRLS FROM GADES Sónnica awoke two hours after midday.
glance
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From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
grapevines
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From this reading The oblique rays of the sun filtered through the gilded bars of her window over which crept the foliage of grapevines.
Greek
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From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
hair
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From this reading Her heavy hair perfumed and falling in silky curls, hung down over her body, enveloping her as in a regal mantle, caressing her from throat to knees with a gentle kiss.
harmonious
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From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
heavy
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From this reading Her heavy hair perfumed and falling in silky curls, hung down over her body, enveloping her as in a regal mantle, caressing her from throat to knees with a gentle kiss.
heightened
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From this reading Its light heightened the color of the stucco frames around scenes from the Olympian games painted on the wall, and of the columns of rose-colored marble which flanked the doorway.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The oblique rays of the sun filtered through the gilded bars of her window over which crept the foliage of grapevines.
hours
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From this reading DANCING GIRLS FROM GADES Sónnica awoke two hours after midday.
hung
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From this reading Her heavy hair perfumed and falling in silky curls, hung down over her body, enveloping her as in a regal mantle, caressing her from throat to knees with a gentle kiss.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
ItsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its light heightened the color of the stucco frames around scenes from the Olympian games painted on the wall, and of the columns of rose-colored marble which flanked the doorway.
kiss
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From this reading Her heavy hair perfumed and falling in silky curls, hung down over her body, enveloping her as in a regal mantle, caressing her from throat to knees with a gentle kiss.
knees
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From this reading Her heavy hair perfumed and falling in silky curls, hung down over her body, enveloping her as in a regal mantle, caressing her from throat to knees with a gentle kiss.
light
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From this reading Its light heightened the color of the stucco frames around scenes from the Olympian games painted on the wall, and of the columns of rose-colored marble which flanked the doorway.
linen
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From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
lines
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From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
mantlenounUS /ˈmæntəl/
a loose covering like a cloak
From this reading Her heavy hair perfumed and falling in silky curls, hung down over her body, enveloping her as in a regal mantle, caressing her from throat to knees with a gentle kiss.
marble
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From this reading Its light heightened the color of the stucco frames around scenes from the Olympian games painted on the wall, and of the columns of rose-colored marble which flanked the doorway.
midday
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From this reading DANCING GIRLS FROM GADES Sónnica awoke two hours after midday.
oblique
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From this reading The oblique rays of the sun filtered through the gilded bars of her window over which crept the foliage of grapevines.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The oblique rays of the sun filtered through the gilded bars of her window over which crept the foliage of grapevines.
Olympian
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From this reading Its light heightened the color of the stucco frames around scenes from the Olympian games painted on the wall, and of the columns of rose-colored marble which flanked the doorway.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Its light heightened the color of the stucco frames around scenes from the Olympian games painted on the wall, and of the columns of rose-colored marble which flanked the doorway.
outlines
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From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The oblique rays of the sun filtered through the gilded bars of her window over which crept the foliage of grapevines.
painted
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From this reading Its light heightened the color of the stucco frames around scenes from the Olympian games painted on the wall, and of the columns of rose-colored marble which flanked the doorway.
perfumed
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From this reading Her heavy hair perfumed and falling in silky curls, hung down over her body, enveloping her as in a regal mantle, caressing her from throat to knees with a gentle kiss.
rays
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From this reading The oblique rays of the sun filtered through the gilded bars of her window over which crept the foliage of grapevines.
regal
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From this reading Her heavy hair perfumed and falling in silky curls, hung down over her body, enveloping her as in a regal mantle, caressing her from throat to knees with a gentle kiss.
rose-colored
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From this reading Its light heightened the color of the stucco frames around scenes from the Olympian games painted on the wall, and of the columns of rose-colored marble which flanked the doorway.
rosy
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From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
scenes
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From this reading Its light heightened the color of the stucco frames around scenes from the Olympian games painted on the wall, and of the columns of rose-colored marble which flanked the doorway.
silky
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From this reading Her heavy hair perfumed and falling in silky curls, hung down over her body, enveloping her as in a regal mantle, caressing her from throat to knees with a gentle kiss.
stucco
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From this reading Its light heightened the color of the stucco frames around scenes from the Olympian games painted on the wall, and of the columns of rose-colored marble which flanked the doorway.
sun
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From this reading The oblique rays of the sun filtered through the gilded bars of her window over which crept the foliage of grapevines.
swelling
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From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
swept
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From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
Sætabis
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From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
Sónnica
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From this reading DANCING GIRLS FROM GADES Sónnica awoke two hours after midday.
taking
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From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The oblique rays of the sun filtered through the gilded bars of her window over which crept the foliage of grapevines.
threw
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From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
throatnounUS /θroʊt/
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading Her heavy hair perfumed and falling in silky curls, hung down over her body, enveloping her as in a regal mantle, caressing her from throat to knees with a gentle kiss.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The oblique rays of the sun filtered through the gilded bars of her window over which crept the foliage of grapevines.
tips
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From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
two
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From this reading DANCING GIRLS FROM GADES Sónnica awoke two hours after midday.
wall
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From this reading Its light heightened the color of the stucco frames around scenes from the Olympian games painted on the wall, and of the columns of rose-colored marble which flanked the doorway.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The oblique rays of the sun filtered through the gilded bars of her window over which crept the foliage of grapevines.
white
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From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
window
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From this reading The oblique rays of the sun filtered through the gilded bars of her window over which crept the foliage of grapevines.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The beautiful Greek threw to the floor the covers of white Sætabis linen, and her first glance swept her figure, taking in the outlines of her body with affectionate eyes, from her swelling bosom curving in harmonious lines, to the tips of her rosy feet.
