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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 The sound was like the roaring of the sea and she stood as a goddess might have stood at the brink of the ocean, indifferent and unaware, absorbed in dreams of ancient sorrow.
absorbed
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From this reading The sound was like the roaring of the sea and she stood as a goddess might have stood at the brink of the ocean, indifferent and unaware, absorbed in dreams of ancient sorrow.
Alpine
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From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading The sound was like the roaring of the sea and she stood as a goddess might have stood at the brink of the ocean, indifferent and unaware, absorbed in dreams of ancient sorrow.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
assurance
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From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
audience
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From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
blurred
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From this reading Then she stood before them and her dark eyes dwelt, impassive and melancholy, upon the sea of faces, tumultuous and blurred with clapping hands.
bow
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From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
bowed
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From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
brink
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From this reading The sound was like the roaring of the sea and she stood as a goddess might have stood at the brink of the ocean, indifferent and unaware, absorbed in dreams of ancient sorrow.
came
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From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
clapping
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From this reading Then she stood before them and her dark eyes dwelt, impassive and melancholy, upon the sea of faces, tumultuous and blurred with clapping hands.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
dark
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From this reading Then she stood before them and her dark eyes dwelt, impassive and melancholy, upon the sea of faces, tumultuous and blurred with clapping hands.
dreams
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From this reading The sound was like the roaring of the sea and she stood as a goddess might have stood at the brink of the ocean, indifferent and unaware, absorbed in dreams of ancient sorrow.
dwelt
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From this reading Then she stood before them and her dark eyes dwelt, impassive and melancholy, upon the sea of faces, tumultuous and blurred with clapping hands.
emerging
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From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
eye
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From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
eyes
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From this reading Then she stood before them and her dark eyes dwelt, impassive and melancholy, upon the sea of faces, tumultuous and blurred with clapping hands.
face
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From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
faces
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From this reading Then she stood before them and her dark eyes dwelt, impassive and melancholy, upon the sea of faces, tumultuous and blurred with clapping hands.
fallen
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From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
falls
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From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
famous
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From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
feast
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From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
formally
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From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
gazed
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From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
goddess
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From this reading The sound was like the roaring of the sea and she stood as a goddess might have stood at the brink of the ocean, indifferent and unaware, absorbed in dreams of ancient sorrow.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
greeting
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From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
hair
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From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
hardly
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From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The sound was like the roaring of the sea and she stood as a goddess might have stood at the brink of the ocean, indifferent and unaware, absorbed in dreams of ancient sorrow.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
hush
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From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
impassive
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From this reading Then she stood before them and her dark eyes dwelt, impassive and melancholy, upon the sea of faces, tumultuous and blurred with clapping hands.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
indifferent
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From this reading The sound was like the roaring of the sea and she stood as a goddess might have stood at the brink of the ocean, indifferent and unaware, absorbed in dreams of ancient sorrow.
indolent
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From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
leisure
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From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
less
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From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
like
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From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
melancholy
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From this reading Then she stood before them and her dark eyes dwelt, impassive and melancholy, upon the sea of faces, tumultuous and blurred with clapping hands.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The sound was like the roaring of the sea and she stood as a goddess might have stood at the brink of the ocean, indifferent and unaware, absorbed in dreams of ancient sorrow.
moment
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From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
musician's
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From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
musing
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From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
ocean
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From this reading The sound was like the roaring of the sea and she stood as a goddess might have stood at the brink of the ocean, indifferent and unaware, absorbed in dreams of ancient sorrow.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
old-fashioned
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From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
opulent
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From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
ovation
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From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
own
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From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
pearl-wreathed
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From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
platform
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From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
prolonged
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From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
rapturous
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From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
risen
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From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
roaring
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From this reading The sound was like the roaring of the sea and she stood as a goddess might have stood at the brink of the ocean, indifferent and unaware, absorbed in dreams of ancient sorrow.
saw
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From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
sea
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From this reading Then she stood before them and her dark eyes dwelt, impassive and melancholy, upon the sea of faces, tumultuous and blurred with clapping hands.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
shoulders
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From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
slow
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From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
sorrow
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From this reading The sound was like the roaring of the sea and she stood as a goddess might have stood at the brink of the ocean, indifferent and unaware, absorbed in dreams of ancient sorrow.
sound
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From this reading The sound was like the roaring of the sea and she stood as a goddess might have stood at the brink of the ocean, indifferent and unaware, absorbed in dreams of ancient sorrow.
stately
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From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she stood before them and her dark eyes dwelt, impassive and melancholy, upon the sea of faces, tumultuous and blurred with clapping hands.
strange
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From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
sublimely
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From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
submissive
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From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
sun
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From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
sunrise
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From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Then she stood before them and her dark eyes dwelt, impassive and melancholy, upon the sea of faces, tumultuous and blurred with clapping hands.
Then
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From this reading Then she stood before them and her dark eyes dwelt, impassive and melancholy, upon the sea of faces, tumultuous and blurred with clapping hands.
there
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From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
thundernounUS /ˈthunder/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The ovation was so prolonged and she stood there for so long--hardly less the indifferent goddess because, from time to time, she bowed her own famous bow, stately, old-fashioned, formally and sublimely submissive,--that every eye in the great audience could feast upon her in a rapturous assurance of leisure.
tumultuous
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From this reading Then she stood before them and her dark eyes dwelt, impassive and melancholy, upon the sea of faces, tumultuous and blurred with clapping hands.
unaware
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From this reading The sound was like the roaring of the sea and she stood as a goddess might have stood at the brink of the ocean, indifferent and unaware, absorbed in dreams of ancient sorrow.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Then she stood before them and her dark eyes dwelt, impassive and melancholy, upon the sea of faces, tumultuous and blurred with clapping hands.
voices
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From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
watchers
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From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
white
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From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading She came, with her indolent step, the thunder of hands and voices greeting her; and those who gazed at her from the platform saw the pearl-wreathed hair and opulent white shoulders, and those who gazed at her from beneath saw the strange and musing face.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The hush that had fallen was like the hush that falls on Alpine watchers in the moment before sunrise, and, with the great musician's slow emerging from below, it was as if the sun had risen.
