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all
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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.
away
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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.
bank
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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.
beauty
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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.
bewitching
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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.
breezes
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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.
brilliancy
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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.
capital
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From this reading From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.
challenge
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From this reading From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.
Circe
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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.
city's
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consider
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From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.
counsel
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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.
dreaming
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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.
explained
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From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.
fairy
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From this reading From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.
follynounUS /ˈfɑːli/
an action or decision that shows a lack of good judgment
From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.
haunting
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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.
hour
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From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.
invitation
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From this reading From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.
JARDIN
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From this reading JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.
jewelled
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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.
July
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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.
lamp
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From this reading From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.
late
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From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.
laughter
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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.
lay
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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.
Like
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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.
lustrous
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From this reading From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.
men
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From this reading JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.
menace
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From this reading From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.
midnight
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From this reading JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.
music
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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.
mystery
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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.
Neeland
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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.
new
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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.
night
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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.
now
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From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.
Paris
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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.
parted
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From this reading JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.
parting
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From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.
past
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From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.
perspectives
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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.
pondering
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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.
river
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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.
RUSSE
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From this reading JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.
Sengoun
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From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.
signalled
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From this reading From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.
soft
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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.
some
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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.
sorceress
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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.
spells
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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.
stars
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From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.
stretching
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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.
too
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From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.
two
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From this reading JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Like some jewelled sorceress--some dreaming Circe by the river bank, pondering new spells--so Paris lay in all her mystery and beauty under the July stars.
unexplored
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From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For, as Sengoun explained, the hour for parting was already past, and it was too late to consider it now.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And Neeland thought so, too, what with the laughter and the music, and the soft night breezes to counsel folly, and the city's haunting brilliancy stretching away in bewitching perspectives still unexplored.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.
young
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From this reading JARDIN RUSSE At midnight the two young men had not yet parted.
youth
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From this reading From every fairy lamp the lustrous capital signalled to youth her invitation, her challenge, and her menace.
