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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 road itself seemed like a great Alpine pass, skirting rocky mountains of which the one through whose chasm I had descended formed a link.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading There were fields covered with a strange vegetation, similar to none I have seen above the earth; the colour of it not green, but rather of a dull and leaden hue or of a golden red.
Alpine
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From this reading The road itself seemed like a great Alpine pass, skirting rocky mountains of which the one through whose chasm I had descended formed a link.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Slowly and cautiously I went my solitary way down the lamplit road and towards the large building I have described.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Deep below to the left lay a vast valley, which presented to my astonished eye the unmistakeable evidences of art and culture.
artificial
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From this reading There were lakes and rivulets which seemed to have been curved into artificial banks; some of pure water, others that shone like pools of naphtha.
astonishedadjectiveUS /əˈstɑːnɪʃt/
very surprised
From this reading Deep below to the left lay a vast valley, which presented to my astonished eye the unmistakeable evidences of art and culture.
banks
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From this reading There were lakes and rivulets which seemed to have been curved into artificial banks; some of pure water, others that shone like pools of naphtha.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There were lakes and rivulets which seemed to have been curved into artificial banks; some of pure water, others that shone like pools of naphtha.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Deep below to the left lay a vast valley, which presented to my astonished eye the unmistakeable evidences of art and culture.
building
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From this reading Slowly and cautiously I went my solitary way down the lamplit road and towards the large building I have described.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There were fields covered with a strange vegetation, similar to none I have seen above the earth; the colour of it not green, but rather of a dull and leaden hue or of a golden red.
cautiously
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From this reading Slowly and cautiously I went my solitary way down the lamplit road and towards the large building I have described.
chasm
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From this reading The road itself seemed like a great Alpine pass, skirting rocky mountains of which the one through whose chasm I had descended formed a link.
colour
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From this reading There were fields covered with a strange vegetation, similar to none I have seen above the earth; the colour of it not green, but rather of a dull and leaden hue or of a golden red.
covered
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From this reading There were fields covered with a strange vegetation, similar to none I have seen above the earth; the colour of it not green, but rather of a dull and leaden hue or of a golden red.
culture
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From this reading Deep below to the left lay a vast valley, which presented to my astonished eye the unmistakeable evidences of art and culture.
curved
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From this reading There were lakes and rivulets which seemed to have been curved into artificial banks; some of pure water, others that shone like pools of naphtha.
Deep
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From this reading Deep below to the left lay a vast valley, which presented to my astonished eye the unmistakeable evidences of art and culture.
descendednounUS /ˈdescended/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The road itself seemed like a great Alpine pass, skirting rocky mountains of which the one through whose chasm I had descended formed a link.
described
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From this reading Slowly and cautiously I went my solitary way down the lamplit road and towards the large building I have described.
down
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From this reading Slowly and cautiously I went my solitary way down the lamplit road and towards the large building I have described.
dull
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From this reading There were fields covered with a strange vegetation, similar to none I have seen above the earth; the colour of it not green, but rather of a dull and leaden hue or of a golden red.
earth
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From this reading There were fields covered with a strange vegetation, similar to none I have seen above the earth; the colour of it not green, but rather of a dull and leaden hue or of a golden red.
evidences
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From this reading Deep below to the left lay a vast valley, which presented to my astonished eye the unmistakeable evidences of art and culture.
eye
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From this reading Deep below to the left lay a vast valley, which presented to my astonished eye the unmistakeable evidences of art and culture.
fields
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From this reading There were fields covered with a strange vegetation, similar to none I have seen above the earth; the colour of it not green, but rather of a dull and leaden hue or of a golden red.
formed
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From this reading The road itself seemed like a great Alpine pass, skirting rocky mountains of which the one through whose chasm I had descended formed a link.
golden
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From this reading There were fields covered with a strange vegetation, similar to none I have seen above the earth; the colour of it not green, but rather of a dull and leaden hue or of a golden red.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The road itself seemed like a great Alpine pass, skirting rocky mountains of which the one through whose chasm I had descended formed a link.
green
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From this reading There were fields covered with a strange vegetation, similar to none I have seen above the earth; the colour of it not green, but rather of a dull and leaden hue or of a golden red.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The road itself seemed like a great Alpine pass, skirting rocky mountains of which the one through whose chasm I had descended formed a link.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Slowly and cautiously I went my solitary way down the lamplit road and towards the large building I have described.
hue
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From this reading There were fields covered with a strange vegetation, similar to none I have seen above the earth; the colour of it not green, but rather of a dull and leaden hue or of a golden red.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Slowly and cautiously I went my solitary way down the lamplit road and towards the large building I have described.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading There were lakes and rivulets which seemed to have been curved into artificial banks; some of pure water, others that shone like pools of naphtha.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There were fields covered with a strange vegetation, similar to none I have seen above the earth; the colour of it not green, but rather of a dull and leaden hue or of a golden red.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The road itself seemed like a great Alpine pass, skirting rocky mountains of which the one through whose chasm I had descended formed a link.
lakes
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From this reading There were lakes and rivulets which seemed to have been curved into artificial banks; some of pure water, others that shone like pools of naphtha.
lamplit
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From this reading Slowly and cautiously I went my solitary way down the lamplit road and towards the large building I have described.
large
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From this reading Slowly and cautiously I went my solitary way down the lamplit road and towards the large building I have described.
lay
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From this reading Deep below to the left lay a vast valley, which presented to my astonished eye the unmistakeable evidences of art and culture.
leadenadjectiveUS /ˈlɛdən/
heavy, dull, or grey in appearance or movement
From this reading There were fields covered with a strange vegetation, similar to none I have seen above the earth; the colour of it not green, but rather of a dull and leaden hue or of a golden red.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Deep below to the left lay a vast valley, which presented to my astonished eye the unmistakeable evidences of art and culture.
like
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From this reading The road itself seemed like a great Alpine pass, skirting rocky mountains of which the one through whose chasm I had descended formed a link.
link
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From this reading The road itself seemed like a great Alpine pass, skirting rocky mountains of which the one through whose chasm I had descended formed a link.
mountains
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From this reading The road itself seemed like a great Alpine pass, skirting rocky mountains of which the one through whose chasm I had descended formed a link.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Slowly and cautiously I went my solitary way down the lamplit road and towards the large building I have described.
naphtha
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From this reading There were lakes and rivulets which seemed to have been curved into artificial banks; some of pure water, others that shone like pools of naphtha.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading There were fields covered with a strange vegetation, similar to none I have seen above the earth; the colour of it not green, but rather of a dull and leaden hue or of a golden red.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There were fields covered with a strange vegetation, similar to none I have seen above the earth; the colour of it not green, but rather of a dull and leaden hue or of a golden red.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The road itself seemed like a great Alpine pass, skirting rocky mountains of which the one through whose chasm I had descended formed a link.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The road itself seemed like a great Alpine pass, skirting rocky mountains of which the one through whose chasm I had descended formed a link.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There were fields covered with a strange vegetation, similar to none I have seen above the earth; the colour of it not green, but rather of a dull and leaden hue or of a golden red.
others
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From this reading There were lakes and rivulets which seemed to have been curved into artificial banks; some of pure water, others that shone like pools of naphtha.
pass
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From this reading The road itself seemed like a great Alpine pass, skirting rocky mountains of which the one through whose chasm I had descended formed a link.
pools
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From this reading There were lakes and rivulets which seemed to have been curved into artificial banks; some of pure water, others that shone like pools of naphtha.
presented
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From this reading Deep below to the left lay a vast valley, which presented to my astonished eye the unmistakeable evidences of art and culture.
pure
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From this reading There were lakes and rivulets which seemed to have been curved into artificial banks; some of pure water, others that shone like pools of naphtha.
rather
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From this reading There were fields covered with a strange vegetation, similar to none I have seen above the earth; the colour of it not green, but rather of a dull and leaden hue or of a golden red.
red
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From this reading There were fields covered with a strange vegetation, similar to none I have seen above the earth; the colour of it not green, but rather of a dull and leaden hue or of a golden red.
rivulets
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From this reading There were lakes and rivulets which seemed to have been curved into artificial banks; some of pure water, others that shone like pools of naphtha.
road
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From this reading Slowly and cautiously I went my solitary way down the lamplit road and towards the large building I have described.
rocky
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From this reading The road itself seemed like a great Alpine pass, skirting rocky mountains of which the one through whose chasm I had descended formed a link.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The road itself seemed like a great Alpine pass, skirting rocky mountains of which the one through whose chasm I had descended formed a link.
seen
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From this reading There were fields covered with a strange vegetation, similar to none I have seen above the earth; the colour of it not green, but rather of a dull and leaden hue or of a golden red.
shone
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From this reading There were lakes and rivulets which seemed to have been curved into artificial banks; some of pure water, others that shone like pools of naphtha.
similar
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From this reading There were fields covered with a strange vegetation, similar to none I have seen above the earth; the colour of it not green, but rather of a dull and leaden hue or of a golden red.
skirting
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From this reading The road itself seemed like a great Alpine pass, skirting rocky mountains of which the one through whose chasm I had descended formed a link.
Slowly
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From this reading Slowly and cautiously I went my solitary way down the lamplit road and towards the large building I have described.
solitary
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From this reading Slowly and cautiously I went my solitary way down the lamplit road and towards the large building I have described.
some
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From this reading There were lakes and rivulets which seemed to have been curved into artificial banks; some of pure water, others that shone like pools of naphtha.
strange
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From this reading There were fields covered with a strange vegetation, similar to none I have seen above the earth; the colour of it not green, but rather of a dull and leaden hue or of a golden red.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There were lakes and rivulets which seemed to have been curved into artificial banks; some of pure water, others that shone like pools of naphtha.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Slowly and cautiously I went my solitary way down the lamplit road and towards the large building I have described.
There
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From this reading There were fields covered with a strange vegetation, similar to none I have seen above the earth; the colour of it not green, but rather of a dull and leaden hue or of a golden red.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The road itself seemed like a great Alpine pass, skirting rocky mountains of which the one through whose chasm I had descended formed a link.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Deep below to the left lay a vast valley, which presented to my astonished eye the unmistakeable evidences of art and culture.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Slowly and cautiously I went my solitary way down the lamplit road and towards the large building I have described.
unmistakeable
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From this reading Deep below to the left lay a vast valley, which presented to my astonished eye the unmistakeable evidences of art and culture.
valley
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From this reading Deep below to the left lay a vast valley, which presented to my astonished eye the unmistakeable evidences of art and culture.
vast
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From this reading Deep below to the left lay a vast valley, which presented to my astonished eye the unmistakeable evidences of art and culture.
vegetation
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From this reading There were fields covered with a strange vegetation, similar to none I have seen above the earth; the colour of it not green, but rather of a dull and leaden hue or of a golden red.
water
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From this reading There were lakes and rivulets which seemed to have been curved into artificial banks; some of pure water, others that shone like pools of naphtha.
way
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From this reading Slowly and cautiously I went my solitary way down the lamplit road and towards the large building I have described.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Slowly and cautiously I went my solitary way down the lamplit road and towards the large building I have described.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were fields covered with a strange vegetation, similar to none I have seen above the earth; the colour of it not green, but rather of a dull and leaden hue or of a golden red.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The road itself seemed like a great Alpine pass, skirting rocky mountains of which the one through whose chasm I had descended formed a link.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The road itself seemed like a great Alpine pass, skirting rocky mountains of which the one through whose chasm I had descended formed a link.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There were fields covered with a strange vegetation, similar to none I have seen above the earth; the colour of it not green, but rather of a dull and leaden hue or of a golden red.
