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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 At the foot of a group of eleven glaciers are populous villages, with cultivated fields, and happy, peaceful dwellings.
abides
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From this reading Here dwell those happy ones who have from time to time withdrawn from the world of bliss below, and sought the unfrequented mountains where solitude abides.
AMONGprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading THE DWELLERS AMONG THE GLACIERS Beyond the mountains quite another world began.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At the foot of a group of eleven glaciers are populous villages, with cultivated fields, and happy, peaceful dwellings.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE DWELLERS AMONG THE GLACIERS Beyond the mountains quite another world began.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading At the foot of a group of eleven glaciers are populous villages, with cultivated fields, and happy, peaceful dwellings.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the foot of a group of eleven glaciers are populous villages, with cultivated fields, and happy, peaceful dwellings.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE DWELLERS AMONG THE GLACIERS Beyond the mountains quite another world began.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Here dwell those happy ones who have from time to time withdrawn from the world of bliss below, and sought the unfrequented mountains where solitude abides.
BeyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading THE DWELLERS AMONG THE GLACIERS Beyond the mountains quite another world began.
bliss
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From this reading Here dwell those happy ones who have from time to time withdrawn from the world of bliss below, and sought the unfrequented mountains where solitude abides.
bright
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From this reading The only radiance and brightness visible there is in their bright and radiant faces; they carry their treasures in their hearts, not on their garments, and to listen to the prattling of their children is their highest felicity.
brightness
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From this reading The only radiance and brightness visible there is in their bright and radiant faces; they carry their treasures in their hearts, not on their garments, and to listen to the prattling of their children is their highest felicity.
built
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From this reading Here they have built their houses, and in the lapse of years have grown into a people which passes its days in innocence and industry.
carry
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From this reading The only radiance and brightness visible there is in their bright and radiant faces; they carry their treasures in their hearts, not on their garments, and to listen to the prattling of their children is their highest felicity.
children
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From this reading The only radiance and brightness visible there is in their bright and radiant faces; they carry their treasures in their hearts, not on their garments, and to listen to the prattling of their children is their highest felicity.
cultivated
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From this reading At the foot of a group of eleven glaciers are populous villages, with cultivated fields, and happy, peaceful dwellings.
days
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From this reading Here they have built their houses, and in the lapse of years have grown into a people which passes its days in innocence and industry.
dwell
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From this reading Here dwell those happy ones who have from time to time withdrawn from the world of bliss below, and sought the unfrequented mountains where solitude abides.
DWELLERS
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From this reading THE DWELLERS AMONG THE GLACIERS Beyond the mountains quite another world began.
dwellings
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From this reading At the foot of a group of eleven glaciers are populous villages, with cultivated fields, and happy, peaceful dwellings.
eleven
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From this reading At the foot of a group of eleven glaciers are populous villages, with cultivated fields, and happy, peaceful dwellings.
faces
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From this reading The only radiance and brightness visible there is in their bright and radiant faces; they carry their treasures in their hearts, not on their garments, and to listen to the prattling of their children is their highest felicity.
felicity
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From this reading The only radiance and brightness visible there is in their bright and radiant faces; they carry their treasures in their hearts, not on their garments, and to listen to the prattling of their children is their highest felicity.
fields
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From this reading At the foot of a group of eleven glaciers are populous villages, with cultivated fields, and happy, peaceful dwellings.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the foot of a group of eleven glaciers are populous villages, with cultivated fields, and happy, peaceful dwellings.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Here dwell those happy ones who have from time to time withdrawn from the world of bliss below, and sought the unfrequented mountains where solitude abides.
garments
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From this reading The only radiance and brightness visible there is in their bright and radiant faces; they carry their treasures in their hearts, not on their garments, and to listen to the prattling of their children is their highest felicity.
GLACIERS
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From this reading THE DWELLERS AMONG THE GLACIERS Beyond the mountains quite another world began.
group
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From this reading At the foot of a group of eleven glaciers are populous villages, with cultivated fields, and happy, peaceful dwellings.
grown
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From this reading Here they have built their houses, and in the lapse of years have grown into a people which passes its days in innocence and industry.
happy
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From this reading At the foot of a group of eleven glaciers are populous villages, with cultivated fields, and happy, peaceful dwellings.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Here dwell those happy ones who have from time to time withdrawn from the world of bliss below, and sought the unfrequented mountains where solitude abides.
hearts
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From this reading The only radiance and brightness visible there is in their bright and radiant faces; they carry their treasures in their hearts, not on their garments, and to listen to the prattling of their children is their highest felicity.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here dwell those happy ones who have from time to time withdrawn from the world of bliss below, and sought the unfrequented mountains where solitude abides.
highest
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From this reading The only radiance and brightness visible there is in their bright and radiant faces; they carry their treasures in their hearts, not on their garments, and to listen to the prattling of their children is their highest felicity.
houses
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From this reading Here they have built their houses, and in the lapse of years have grown into a people which passes its days in innocence and industry.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Here they have built their houses, and in the lapse of years have grown into a people which passes its days in innocence and industry.
industry
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From this reading Here they have built their houses, and in the lapse of years have grown into a people which passes its days in innocence and industry.
innocence
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From this reading Here they have built their houses, and in the lapse of years have grown into a people which passes its days in innocence and industry.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Here they have built their houses, and in the lapse of years have grown into a people which passes its days in innocence and industry.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The only radiance and brightness visible there is in their bright and radiant faces; they carry their treasures in their hearts, not on their garments, and to listen to the prattling of their children is their highest felicity.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Here they have built their houses, and in the lapse of years have grown into a people which passes its days in innocence and industry.
lapse
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From this reading Here they have built their houses, and in the lapse of years have grown into a people which passes its days in innocence and industry.
listen
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From this reading The only radiance and brightness visible there is in their bright and radiant faces; they carry their treasures in their hearts, not on their garments, and to listen to the prattling of their children is their highest felicity.
mountains
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From this reading THE DWELLERS AMONG THE GLACIERS Beyond the mountains quite another world began.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The only radiance and brightness visible there is in their bright and radiant faces; they carry their treasures in their hearts, not on their garments, and to listen to the prattling of their children is their highest felicity.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At the foot of a group of eleven glaciers are populous villages, with cultivated fields, and happy, peaceful dwellings.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The only radiance and brightness visible there is in their bright and radiant faces; they carry their treasures in their hearts, not on their garments, and to listen to the prattling of their children is their highest felicity.
ones
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From this reading Here dwell those happy ones who have from time to time withdrawn from the world of bliss below, and sought the unfrequented mountains where solitude abides.
only
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From this reading The only radiance and brightness visible there is in their bright and radiant faces; they carry their treasures in their hearts, not on their garments, and to listen to the prattling of their children is their highest felicity.
passes
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From this reading Here they have built their houses, and in the lapse of years have grown into a people which passes its days in innocence and industry.
peaceful
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From this reading At the foot of a group of eleven glaciers are populous villages, with cultivated fields, and happy, peaceful dwellings.
people
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From this reading Here they have built their houses, and in the lapse of years have grown into a people which passes its days in innocence and industry.
populous
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From this reading At the foot of a group of eleven glaciers are populous villages, with cultivated fields, and happy, peaceful dwellings.
prattling
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From this reading The only radiance and brightness visible there is in their bright and radiant faces; they carry their treasures in their hearts, not on their garments, and to listen to the prattling of their children is their highest felicity.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE DWELLERS AMONG THE GLACIERS Beyond the mountains quite another world began.
radiance
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From this reading The only radiance and brightness visible there is in their bright and radiant faces; they carry their treasures in their hearts, not on their garments, and to listen to the prattling of their children is their highest felicity.
radiantadjectiveUS /ˈreɪdiənt/
shining brightly
From this reading The only radiance and brightness visible there is in their bright and radiant faces; they carry their treasures in their hearts, not on their garments, and to listen to the prattling of their children is their highest felicity.
solitude
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From this reading Here dwell those happy ones who have from time to time withdrawn from the world of bliss below, and sought the unfrequented mountains where solitude abides.
sought
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From this reading Here dwell those happy ones who have from time to time withdrawn from the world of bliss below, and sought the unfrequented mountains where solitude abides.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DWELLERS AMONG THE GLACIERS Beyond the mountains quite another world began.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Here they have built their houses, and in the lapse of years have grown into a people which passes its days in innocence and industry.
there
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From this reading The only radiance and brightness visible there is in their bright and radiant faces; they carry their treasures in their hearts, not on their garments, and to listen to the prattling of their children is their highest felicity.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Here they have built their houses, and in the lapse of years have grown into a people which passes its days in innocence and industry.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Here dwell those happy ones who have from time to time withdrawn from the world of bliss below, and sought the unfrequented mountains where solitude abides.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here dwell those happy ones who have from time to time withdrawn from the world of bliss below, and sought the unfrequented mountains where solitude abides.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Here dwell those happy ones who have from time to time withdrawn from the world of bliss below, and sought the unfrequented mountains where solitude abides.
treasures
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From this reading The only radiance and brightness visible there is in their bright and radiant faces; they carry their treasures in their hearts, not on their garments, and to listen to the prattling of their children is their highest felicity.
unfrequented
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From this reading Here dwell those happy ones who have from time to time withdrawn from the world of bliss below, and sought the unfrequented mountains where solitude abides.
villages
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From this reading At the foot of a group of eleven glaciers are populous villages, with cultivated fields, and happy, peaceful dwellings.
visible
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From this reading The only radiance and brightness visible there is in their bright and radiant faces; they carry their treasures in their hearts, not on their garments, and to listen to the prattling of their children is their highest felicity.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Here dwell those happy ones who have from time to time withdrawn from the world of bliss below, and sought the unfrequented mountains where solitude abides.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Here they have built their houses, and in the lapse of years have grown into a people which passes its days in innocence and industry.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Here dwell those happy ones who have from time to time withdrawn from the world of bliss below, and sought the unfrequented mountains where solitude abides.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading At the foot of a group of eleven glaciers are populous villages, with cultivated fields, and happy, peaceful dwellings.
withdrawn
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From this reading Here dwell those happy ones who have from time to time withdrawn from the world of bliss below, and sought the unfrequented mountains where solitude abides.
world
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From this reading THE DWELLERS AMONG THE GLACIERS Beyond the mountains quite another world began.
years
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From this reading Here they have built their houses, and in the lapse of years have grown into a people which passes its days in innocence and industry.
