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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 IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
ACQUAINTANCE
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From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
almost
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From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
any
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From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
artistic
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From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
banks
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From this reading Churches, hospitals, banks and offices delight the eye, and no pall of coal-smoke floats over Montreal.
beautiful
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From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading It lies clean and sightly between its mountain and the river under the clear Canadian sky.
buildings
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From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
Canadian
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From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
Churches
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From this reading Churches, hospitals, banks and offices delight the eye, and no pall of coal-smoke floats over Montreal.
city
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From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
CLAIMS
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From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
Clarence
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From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
clean
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From this reading It lies clean and sightly between its mountain and the river under the clear Canadian sky.
clear
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From this reading It lies clean and sightly between its mountain and the river under the clear Canadian sky.
clustering
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From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
coal-smoke
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From this reading Churches, hospitals, banks and offices delight the eye, and no pall of coal-smoke floats over Montreal.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
country
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From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
Dame
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From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
delight
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From this reading Churches, hospitals, banks and offices delight the eye, and no pall of coal-smoke floats over Montreal.
displayed
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From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
down
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From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
early
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From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
emulated
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From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
English
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From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
evening
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From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
expenditure
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From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
extraction
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From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
eye
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From this reading Churches, hospitals, banks and offices delight the eye, and no pall of coal-smoke floats over Montreal.
financiers
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From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
floats
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From this reading Churches, hospitals, banks and offices delight the eye, and no pall of coal-smoke floats over Montreal.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
forms
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From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
French
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From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
hospitals
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From this reading Churches, hospitals, banks and offices delight the eye, and no pall of coal-smoke floats over Montreal.
IDA
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From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
lavish
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From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
lay
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From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
lies
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From this reading It lies clean and sightly between its mountain and the river under the clear Canadian sky.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
love
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From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
merchants
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From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
Montreal
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From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
moodily
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From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
mountain
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From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
much
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From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
natural
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From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Churches, hospitals, banks and offices delight the eye, and no pall of coal-smoke floats over Montreal.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
Notre
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From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
offices
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From this reading Churches, hospitals, banks and offices delight the eye, and no pall of coal-smoke floats over Montreal.
old
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From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
orders
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From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Churches, hospitals, banks and offices delight the eye, and no pall of coal-smoke floats over Montreal.
pall
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From this reading Churches, hospitals, banks and offices delight the eye, and no pall of coal-smoke floats over Montreal.
park
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From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
raised
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From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
religious
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From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
remarkably
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From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
rises
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From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
river
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From this reading It lies clean and sightly between its mountain and the river under the clear Canadian sky.
round
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From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
Scottish
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From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
sightly
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From this reading It lies clean and sightly between its mountain and the river under the clear Canadian sky.
sky
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From this reading It lies clean and sightly between its mountain and the river under the clear Canadian sky.
slope
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From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
somewhat
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From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
spring
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From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
sweep
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From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
symmetry
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From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
towers
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From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading It lies clean and sightly between its mountain and the river under the clear Canadian sky.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
vast
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From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
very
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From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
view
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From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
well
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From this reading It is, from almost any point of view, a beautiful city, for its merchants and financiers of English and Scottish extraction have emulated the love of artistic symmetry displayed by the old French Canadian religious orders, as well as their lavish expenditure, in the buildings they have raised.
Weston
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From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading It is not very much of a mountain, though it forms a remarkably fine natural park, and from where Weston lay he could look down upon a vast sweep of country and the city clustering round the towers of Notre Dame.
wooded
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From this reading IDA CLAIMS AN ACQUAINTANCE It was early on a fine spring evening when Clarence Weston lay somewhat moodily on the wooded slope of the mountain that rises behind Montreal.
