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Chapter XX
_Love, Music--and a Warning_ The Water Festival! As our barge rounded a bend in the canal, under the archways of dangling colored lights, the festival spread before us. Involuntarily I stood up to gaze. The canal opened into an artificial lake--a broad circular sheet of water some 800 _helans_[17] in diameter. Sloping hillsides enclosed the lake--hillsides which I saw were terraced with huge banks of seats in tiers one above the other.
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading “Sloping hillsides enclosed the lake--hillsides which I saw were terraced with huge banks of seats in tiers one above the other.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “As our barge rounded a bend in the canal, under the archways of dangling colored lights, the festival spread before us.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Sloping hillsides enclosed the lake--hillsides which I saw were terraced with huge banks of seats in tiers one above the other.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Involuntarily I stood up to gaze.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “As our barge rounded a bend in the canal, under the archways of dangling colored lights, the festival spread before us.”
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From this reading The canal opened into an artificial lake--a broad circular sheet of water some 800 _helans_[17] in diameter.
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From this reading The canal opened into an artificial lake--a broad circular sheet of water some 800 _helans_[17] in diameter.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _Love, Music--and a Warning_ The Water Festival!
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Sloping hillsides enclosed the lake--hillsides which I saw were terraced with huge banks of seats in tiers one above the other.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The canal opened into an artificial lake--a broad circular sheet of water some 800 _helans_[17] in diameter.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Love, Music--and a Warning_ The Water Festival!
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From this reading As our barge rounded a bend in the canal, under the archways of dangling colored lights, the festival spread before us.
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From this reading The canal opened into an artificial lake--a broad circular sheet of water some 800 _helans_[17] in diameter.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As our barge rounded a bend in the canal, under the archways of dangling colored lights, the festival spread before us.
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From this reading Sloping hillsides enclosed the lake--hillsides which I saw were terraced with huge banks of seats in tiers one above the other.
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From this reading As our barge rounded a bend in the canal, under the archways of dangling colored lights, the festival spread before us.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading As our barge rounded a bend in the canal, under the archways of dangling colored lights, the festival spread before us.
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From this reading As our barge rounded a bend in the canal, under the archways of dangling colored lights, the festival spread before us.
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From this reading The canal opened into an artificial lake--a broad circular sheet of water some 800 _helans_[17] in diameter.
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From this reading As our barge rounded a bend in the canal, under the archways of dangling colored lights, the festival spread before us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The canal opened into an artificial lake--a broad circular sheet of water some 800 _helans_[17] in diameter.
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From this reading As our barge rounded a bend in the canal, under the archways of dangling colored lights, the festival spread before us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As our barge rounded a bend in the canal, under the archways of dangling colored lights, the festival spread before us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The canal opened into an artificial lake--a broad circular sheet of water some 800 _helans_[17] in diameter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sloping hillsides enclosed the lake--hillsides which I saw were terraced with huge banks of seats in tiers one above the other.
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From this reading _Love, Music--and a Warning_ The Water Festival!
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From this reading Involuntarily I stood up to gaze.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The canal opened into an artificial lake--a broad circular sheet of water some 800 _helans_[17] in diameter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sloping hillsides enclosed the lake--hillsides which I saw were terraced with huge banks of seats in tiers one above the other.
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From this reading Sloping hillsides enclosed the lake--hillsides which I saw were terraced with huge banks of seats in tiers one above the other.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Involuntarily I stood up to gaze.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As our barge rounded a bend in the canal, under the archways of dangling colored lights, the festival spread before us.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The canal opened into an artificial lake--a broad circular sheet of water some 800 _helans_[17] in diameter.
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From this reading Involuntarily I stood up to gaze.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The canal opened into an artificial lake--a broad circular sheet of water some 800 _helans_[17] in diameter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As our barge rounded a bend in the canal, under the archways of dangling colored lights, the festival spread before us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Love, Music--and a Warning_ The Water Festival!
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From this reading _Love, Music--and a Warning_ The Water Festival!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As our barge rounded a bend in the canal, under the archways of dangling colored lights, the festival spread before us.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Sloping hillsides enclosed the lake--hillsides which I saw were terraced with huge banks of seats in tiers one above the other.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The canal opened into an artificial lake--a broad circular sheet of water some 800 _helans_[17] in diameter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sloping hillsides enclosed the lake--hillsides which I saw were terraced with huge banks of seats in tiers one above the other.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading As our barge rounded a bend in the canal, under the archways of dangling colored lights, the festival spread before us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As our barge rounded a bend in the canal, under the archways of dangling colored lights, the festival spread before us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sloping hillsides enclosed the lake--hillsides which I saw were terraced with huge banks of seats in tiers one above the other.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sloping hillsides enclosed the lake--hillsides which I saw were terraced with huge banks of seats in tiers one above the other.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The canal opened into an artificial lake--a broad circular sheet of water some 800 _helans_[17] in diameter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sloping hillsides enclosed the lake--hillsides which I saw were terraced with huge banks of seats in tiers one above the other.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The canal opened into an artificial lake--a broad circular sheet of water some 800 _helans_[17] in diameter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As our barge rounded a bend in the canal, under the archways of dangling colored lights, the festival spread before us.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Involuntarily I stood up to gaze.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sloping hillsides enclosed the lake--hillsides which I saw were terraced with huge banks of seats in tiers one above the other.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Love, Music--and a Warning_ The Water Festival!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sloping hillsides enclosed the lake--hillsides which I saw were terraced with huge banks of seats in tiers one above the other.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Involuntarily I stood up to gaze.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading As our barge rounded a bend in the canal, under the archways of dangling colored lights, the festival spread before us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Involuntarily I stood up to gaze.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As our barge rounded a bend in the canal, under the archways of dangling colored lights, the festival spread before us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Love, Music--and a Warning_ The Water Festival!
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From this reading _Love, Music--and a Warning_ The Water Festival!
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Sloping hillsides enclosed the lake--hillsides which I saw were terraced with huge banks of seats in tiers one above the other.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Sloping hillsides enclosed the lake--hillsides which I saw were terraced with huge banks of seats in tiers one above the other.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Sloping hillsides enclosed the lake--hillsides which I saw were terraced with huge banks of seats in tiers one above the other.
