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151
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From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
7
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From this reading _Author of “Anna Lombard,” “Five Nights,” “Life’s Shopwindow,” “Over Life’s Edge,” etc._ _Printed in the United States of America_ 7.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
adventure
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From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
America
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From this reading _Author of “Anna Lombard,” “Five Nights,” “Life’s Shopwindow,” “Over Life’s Edge,” etc._ _Printed in the United States of America_ 7.
amongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
Anna
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From this reading _Author of “Anna Lombard,” “Five Nights,” “Life’s Shopwindow,” “Over Life’s Edge,” etc._ _Printed in the United States of America_ 7.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
Author
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From this reading _Author of “Anna Lombard,” “Five Nights,” “Life’s Shopwindow,” “Over Life’s Edge,” etc._ _Printed in the United States of America_ 7.
bachelor
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From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
barren
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From this reading To pass the time they were singing comic songs with resounding chorus, which floated out of the open windows and echoed strangely from the stony hills of the wide stretching barren wilderness that lies between Jerico and Jerusalem.
beat
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From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading To pass the time they were singing comic songs with resounding chorus, which floated out of the open windows and echoed strangely from the stony hills of the wide stretching barren wilderness that lies between Jerico and Jerusalem.
bird
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
brilliant
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
brown
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
carriage
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From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
chorusnounUS /ˈkɔrəs/
a group singing together
From this reading To pass the time they were singing comic songs with resounding chorus, which floated out of the open windows and echoed strangely from the stony hills of the wide stretching barren wilderness that lies between Jerico and Jerusalem.
clefts
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
closed
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From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
coat
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
comic
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From this reading To pass the time they were singing comic songs with resounding chorus, which floated out of the open windows and echoed strangely from the stony hills of the wide stretching barren wilderness that lies between Jerico and Jerusalem.
coming
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From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
contrived
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
crannies
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
creatures
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
CROSS
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From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
crowd
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From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
cunningly
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
curious
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
DESIRE
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From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
Devil
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From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
down
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
echoed
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From this reading To pass the time they were singing comic songs with resounding chorus, which floated out of the open windows and echoed strangely from the stony hills of the wide stretching barren wilderness that lies between Jerico and Jerusalem.
Edge
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From this reading _Author of “Anna Lombard,” “Five Nights,” “Life’s Shopwindow,” “Over Life’s Edge,” etc._ _Printed in the United States of America_ 7.
Eliza
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From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
elusive
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
etc
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From this reading _Author of “Anna Lombard,” “Five Nights,” “Life’s Shopwindow,” “Over Life’s Edge,” etc._ _Printed in the United States of America_ 7.
exactly
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
FEAR
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From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
Five
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From this reading _Author of “Anna Lombard,” “Five Nights,” “Life’s Shopwindow,” “Over Life’s Edge,” etc._ _Printed in the United States of America_ 7.
flitted
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
floated
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From this reading To pass the time they were singing comic songs with resounding chorus, which floated out of the open windows and echoed strangely from the stony hills of the wide stretching barren wilderness that lies between Jerico and Jerusalem.
floods
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
flower
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
four-footed
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
full
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
Gaiety
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From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
hanging
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
Heart
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From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
Hillingford
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From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
hills
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From this reading To pass the time they were singing comic songs with resounding chorus, which floated out of the open windows and echoed strangely from the stony hills of the wide stretching barren wilderness that lies between Jerico and Jerusalem.
honeymoon
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From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
huge
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Author of “Anna Lombard,” “Five Nights,” “Life’s Shopwindow,” “Over Life’s Edge,” etc._ _Printed in the United States of America_ 7.
INDIGNATION
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From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
intervals
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
JEALOUSY
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From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
Jerico
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From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
Jerusalem
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From this reading To pass the time they were singing comic songs with resounding chorus, which floated out of the open windows and echoed strangely from the stony hills of the wide stretching barren wilderness that lies between Jerico and Jerusalem.
jolly
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From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
keen
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From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
KISS
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From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
Lady
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From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
late
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From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
lies
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From this reading To pass the time they were singing comic songs with resounding chorus, which floated out of the open windows and echoed strangely from the stony hills of the wide stretching barren wilderness that lies between Jerico and Jerusalem.
Life's
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From this reading _Author of “Anna Lombard,” “Five Nights,” “Life’s Shopwindow,” “Over Life’s Edge,” etc._ _Printed in the United States of America_ 7.
light
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
lines
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
Lombard
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From this reading _Author of “Anna Lombard,” “Five Nights,” “Life’s Shopwindow,” “Over Life’s Edge,” etc._ _Printed in the United States of America_ 7.
lonely
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
Lord
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From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
LOVE
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From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
low
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
Major
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From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
married
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From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
matched
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
Melisande
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From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
merry
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From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
millionaire
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Miss
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moon
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
moved
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
movements
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
night
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
NightsnounUS /naɪts/
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading _Author of “Anna Lombard,” “Five Nights,” “Life’s Shopwindow,” “Over Life’s Edge,” etc._ _Printed in the United States of America_ 7.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
now
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From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Author of “Anna Lombard,” “Five Nights,” “Life’s Shopwindow,” “Over Life’s Edge,” etc._ _Printed in the United States of America_ 7.
old
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From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading To pass the time they were singing comic songs with resounding chorus, which floated out of the open windows and echoed strangely from the stony hills of the wide stretching barren wilderness that lies between Jerico and Jerusalem.
out
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From this reading To pass the time they were singing comic songs with resounding chorus, which floated out of the open windows and echoed strangely from the stony hills of the wide stretching barren wilderness that lies between Jerico and Jerusalem.
OverprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading _Author of “Anna Lombard,” “Five Nights,” “Life’s Shopwindow,” “Over Life’s Edge,” etc._ _Printed in the United States of America_ 7.
pass
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From this reading To pass the time they were singing comic songs with resounding chorus, which floated out of the open windows and echoed strangely from the stony hills of the wide stretching barren wilderness that lies between Jerico and Jerusalem.
patchy
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
PITY
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From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
PrintednounUS /printed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Author of “Anna Lombard,” “Five Nights,” “Life’s Shopwindow,” “Over Life’s Edge,” etc._ _Printed in the United States of America_ 7.
real
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From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
reckless
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resounding
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From this reading To pass the time they were singing comic songs with resounding chorus, which floated out of the open windows and echoed strangely from the stony hills of the wide stretching barren wilderness that lies between Jerico and Jerusalem.
rocks
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
roystering
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From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
sending
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
shape
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
Shopwindow
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From this reading _Author of “Anna Lombard,” “Five Nights,” “Life’s Shopwindow,” “Over Life’s Edge,” etc._ _Printed in the United States of America_ 7.
silver
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
singing
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From this reading To pass the time they were singing comic songs with resounding chorus, which floated out of the open windows and echoed strangely from the stony hills of the wide stretching barren wilderness that lies between Jerico and Jerusalem.
sky
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
sloping
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
Smith
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From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
songs
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From this reading To pass the time they were singing comic songs with resounding chorus, which floated out of the open windows and echoed strangely from the stony hills of the wide stretching barren wilderness that lies between Jerico and Jerusalem.
spine
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
spots
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
States
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From this reading _Author of “Anna Lombard,” “Five Nights,” “Life’s Shopwindow,” “Over Life’s Edge,” etc._ _Printed in the United States of America_ 7.
stony
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From this reading To pass the time they were singing comic songs with resounding chorus, which floated out of the open windows and echoed strangely from the stony hills of the wide stretching barren wilderness that lies between Jerico and Jerusalem.
strangelynounUS /ˈstrangely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading To pass the time they were singing comic songs with resounding chorus, which floated out of the open windows and echoed strangely from the stony hills of the wide stretching barren wilderness that lies between Jerico and Jerusalem.
stretching
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From this reading To pass the time they were singing comic songs with resounding chorus, which floated out of the open windows and echoed strangely from the stony hills of the wide stretching barren wilderness that lies between Jerico and Jerusalem.
Supping
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From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
SYMPATHY
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From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading To pass the time they were singing comic songs with resounding chorus, which floated out of the open windows and echoed strangely from the stony hills of the wide stretching barren wilderness that lies between Jerico and Jerusalem.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Author of “Anna Lombard,” “Five Nights,” “Life’s Shopwindow,” “Over Life’s Edge,” etc._ _Printed in the United States of America_ 7.
theatre
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From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
there
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To pass the time they were singing comic songs with resounding chorus, which floated out of the open windows and echoed strangely from the stony hills of the wide stretching barren wilderness that lies between Jerico and Jerusalem.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
tree
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
United
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From this reading _Author of “Anna Lombard,” “Five Nights,” “Life’s Shopwindow,” “Over Life’s Edge,” etc._ _Printed in the United States of America_ 7.
up
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From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
VICTORIA
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From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
wastenounUS /weɪst/
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading To pass the time they were singing comic songs with resounding chorus, which floated out of the open windows and echoed strangely from the stony hills of the wide stretching barren wilderness that lies between Jerico and Jerusalem.
white
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From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Melisande whose real name was Eliza, late of the Gaiety theatre, now married to a millionaire, Lord and Lady Hillingford on their honeymoon, an old bachelor Major keen on reckless adventure, and Miss Smith.
wide
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From this reading To pass the time they were singing comic songs with resounding chorus, which floated out of the open windows and echoed strangely from the stony hills of the wide stretching barren wilderness that lies between Jerico and Jerusalem.
WILDERNESSnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
windows
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From this reading To pass the time they were singing comic songs with resounding chorus, which floated out of the open windows and echoed strangely from the stony hills of the wide stretching barren wilderness that lies between Jerico and Jerusalem.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Supping with the Devil 151 _The Heart can beat with_ LOVE DESIRE PITY SYMPATHY FEAR JEALOUSY INDIGNATION THE KISS IN THE WILDERNESS VICTORIA CROSS They were coming up in a closed carriage from Jerico, a jolly, merry, roystering crowd.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading It was a brilliant night with a huge silver moon at the full hanging in the sky above sending its floods of light down upon the lonely waste, in which there was no tree nor flower nor bird: yet something moved at intervals, a curious low four-footed shape with sloping spine and coat so cunningly contrived in spots and lines of brown and white that it matched exactly the patchy, stony hills and clefts and crannies amongst the rocks through which the creatures flitted with their elusive movements.
