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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 BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
all
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From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
almost
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From this reading In a town within the suburban radius of Philadelphia its mantle of purity lay almost undisturbed upon lawns and streets and vacant lots.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading One, small and gray-haired, perhaps looked older than she was because of the pathetic droop of her shoulders and the worn, patient expression of her face.
Brand
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From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
BRAND'S
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From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
cottage
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From this reading Two women were looking out upon the snow-covered earth and snow-filled sky from the side window of a cottage near the edge of the town.
down
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From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
DREAMnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
droop
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From this reading One, small and gray-haired, perhaps looked older than she was because of the pathetic droop of her shoulders and the worn, patient expression of her face.
earth
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From this reading Two women were looking out upon the snow-covered earth and snow-filled sky from the side window of a cottage near the edge of the town.
eastern
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From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
edge
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From this reading Two women were looking out upon the snow-covered earth and snow-filled sky from the side window of a cottage near the edge of the town.
expression
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From this reading One, small and gray-haired, perhaps looked older than she was because of the pathetic droop of her shoulders and the worn, patient expression of her face.
face
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From this reading One, small and gray-haired, perhaps looked older than she was because of the pathetic droop of her shoulders and the worn, patient expression of her face.
feathery
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From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
Felix
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From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
forgiven
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From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
gray-haired
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From this reading One, small and gray-haired, perhaps looked older than she was because of the pathetic droop of her shoulders and the worn, patient expression of her face.
half
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From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
heavens
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From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading One, small and gray-haired, perhaps looked older than she was because of the pathetic droop of her shoulders and the worn, patient expression of her face.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
home
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From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In a town within the suburban radius of Philadelphia its mantle of purity lay almost undisturbed upon lawns and streets and vacant lots.
Island
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From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading In a town within the suburban radius of Philadelphia its mantle of purity lay almost undisturbed upon lawns and streets and vacant lots.
lawns
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From this reading In a town within the suburban radius of Philadelphia its mantle of purity lay almost undisturbed upon lawns and streets and vacant lots.
lay
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From this reading In a town within the suburban radius of Philadelphia its mantle of purity lay almost undisturbed upon lawns and streets and vacant lots.
looked
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From this reading One, small and gray-haired, perhaps looked older than she was because of the pathetic droop of her shoulders and the worn, patient expression of her face.
looking
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From this reading Two women were looking out upon the snow-covered earth and snow-filled sky from the side window of a cottage near the edge of the town.
lots
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From this reading In a town within the suburban radius of Philadelphia its mantle of purity lay almost undisturbed upon lawns and streets and vacant lots.
mantlenounUS /ˈmæntəl/
a loose covering like a cloak
From this reading In a town within the suburban radius of Philadelphia its mantle of purity lay almost undisturbed upon lawns and streets and vacant lots.
motored
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From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
MRS
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From this reading MRS.
near
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From this reading Two women were looking out upon the snow-covered earth and snow-filled sky from the side window of a cottage near the edge of the town.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In a town within the suburban radius of Philadelphia its mantle of purity lay almost undisturbed upon lawns and streets and vacant lots.
older
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From this reading One, small and gray-haired, perhaps looked older than she was because of the pathetic droop of her shoulders and the worn, patient expression of her face.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One, small and gray-haired, perhaps looked older than she was because of the pathetic droop of her shoulders and the worn, patient expression of her face.
out
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From this reading Two women were looking out upon the snow-covered earth and snow-filled sky from the side window of a cottage near the edge of the town.
pall
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From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
pathetic
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From this reading One, small and gray-haired, perhaps looked older than she was because of the pathetic droop of her shoulders and the worn, patient expression of her face.
patient
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From this reading One, small and gray-haired, perhaps looked older than she was because of the pathetic droop of her shoulders and the worn, patient expression of her face.
perhaps
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From this reading One, small and gray-haired, perhaps looked older than she was because of the pathetic droop of her shoulders and the worn, patient expression of her face.
Philadelphia
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From this reading In a town within the suburban radius of Philadelphia its mantle of purity lay almost undisturbed upon lawns and streets and vacant lots.
puritynounUS /ˈpjʊrəti/
the state of being morally clean and innocent
From this reading In a town within the suburban radius of Philadelphia its mantle of purity lay almost undisturbed upon lawns and streets and vacant lots.
radius
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From this reading In a town within the suburban radius of Philadelphia its mantle of purity lay almost undisturbed upon lawns and streets and vacant lots.
seaboard
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From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
secretary's
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From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading One, small and gray-haired, perhaps looked older than she was because of the pathetic droop of her shoulders and the worn, patient expression of her face.
shoulders
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From this reading One, small and gray-haired, perhaps looked older than she was because of the pathetic droop of her shoulders and the worn, patient expression of her face.
side
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From this reading Two women were looking out upon the snow-covered earth and snow-filled sky from the side window of a cottage near the edge of the town.
sifting
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From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
sins
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From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
sky
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From this reading Two women were looking out upon the snow-covered earth and snow-filled sky from the side window of a cottage near the edge of the town.
small
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From this reading One, small and gray-haired, perhaps looked older than she was because of the pathetic droop of her shoulders and the worn, patient expression of her face.
snow-covered
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From this reading Two women were looking out upon the snow-covered earth and snow-filled sky from the side window of a cottage near the edge of the town.
snow-filled
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From this reading Two women were looking out upon the snow-covered earth and snow-filled sky from the side window of a cottage near the edge of the town.
SON
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From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
spring-like
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From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
Staten
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From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
streets
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From this reading In a town within the suburban radius of Philadelphia its mantle of purity lay almost undisturbed upon lawns and streets and vacant lots.
suburban
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From this reading In a town within the suburban radius of Philadelphia its mantle of purity lay almost undisturbed upon lawns and streets and vacant lots.
Sunday
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From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading One, small and gray-haired, perhaps looked older than she was because of the pathetic droop of her shoulders and the worn, patient expression of her face.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
town
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From this reading In a town within the suburban radius of Philadelphia its mantle of purity lay almost undisturbed upon lawns and streets and vacant lots.
Two
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From this reading Two women were looking out upon the snow-covered earth and snow-filled sky from the side window of a cottage near the edge of the town.
undisturbed
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From this reading In a town within the suburban radius of Philadelphia its mantle of purity lay almost undisturbed upon lawns and streets and vacant lots.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
vacant
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From this reading In a town within the suburban radius of Philadelphia its mantle of purity lay almost undisturbed upon lawns and streets and vacant lots.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
week
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From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Two women were looking out upon the snow-covered earth and snow-filled sky from the side window of a cottage near the edge of the town.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
white
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From this reading BRAND'S DREAM SON It was half a week after that spring-like Sunday when Felix Brand motored to his secretary's home on Staten Island, and a feathery pall, white as forgiven sins, was sifting down from the heavens upon all the eastern seaboard.
window
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From this reading Two women were looking out upon the snow-covered earth and snow-filled sky from the side window of a cottage near the edge of the town.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading In a town within the suburban radius of Philadelphia its mantle of purity lay almost undisturbed upon lawns and streets and vacant lots.
women
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From this reading Two women were looking out upon the snow-covered earth and snow-filled sky from the side window of a cottage near the edge of the town.
wornverbUS /wɔːrn/
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading One, small and gray-haired, perhaps looked older than she was because of the pathetic droop of her shoulders and the worn, patient expression of her face.
