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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 IRONY The hills roll away, banking on every side, mounting up, pile on pile, like the mighty waves of a storm-swept ocean.
almost
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From this reading The darkening splendor, the magnificent ruggedness crowds down upon the narrow open places with a strange sense of oppression, almost of desolation.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It seems as if nothing on earth could ever be so great as that magnificent world, nothing could ever be so small as the life which peoples it.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The silent shadows of the endless woods crowd with a suggestion of horrors untold, of mysteries too profound to be even guessed at.
away
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From this reading IRONY The hills roll away, banking on every side, mounting up, pile on pile, like the mighty waves of a storm-swept ocean.
banking
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From this reading IRONY The hills roll away, banking on every side, mounting up, pile on pile, like the mighty waves of a storm-swept ocean.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It seems as if nothing on earth could ever be so great as that magnificent world, nothing could ever be so small as the life which peoples it.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It seems as if nothing on earth could ever be so great as that magnificent world, nothing could ever be so small as the life which peoples it.
crowd
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From this reading The silent shadows of the endless woods crowd with a suggestion of horrors untold, of mysteries too profound to be even guessed at.
crowds
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From this reading The darkening splendor, the magnificent ruggedness crowds down upon the narrow open places with a strange sense of oppression, almost of desolation.
darkening
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From this reading The darkening splendor, the magnificent ruggedness crowds down upon the narrow open places with a strange sense of oppression, almost of desolation.
desolation
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From this reading The darkening splendor, the magnificent ruggedness crowds down upon the narrow open places with a strange sense of oppression, almost of desolation.
down
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From this reading The darkening splendor, the magnificent ruggedness crowds down upon the narrow open places with a strange sense of oppression, almost of desolation.
earth
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From this reading It seems as if nothing on earth could ever be so great as that magnificent world, nothing could ever be so small as the life which peoples it.
endless
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From this reading The silent shadows of the endless woods crowd with a suggestion of horrors untold, of mysteries too profound to be even guessed at.
even
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From this reading The silent shadows of the endless woods crowd with a suggestion of horrors untold, of mysteries too profound to be even guessed at.
ever
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From this reading It seems as if nothing on earth could ever be so great as that magnificent world, nothing could ever be so small as the life which peoples it.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading IRONY The hills roll away, banking on every side, mounting up, pile on pile, like the mighty waves of a storm-swept ocean.
great
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From this reading It seems as if nothing on earth could ever be so great as that magnificent world, nothing could ever be so small as the life which peoples it.
grows
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From this reading The oppression, the desolation grows.
guessed
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From this reading The silent shadows of the endless woods crowd with a suggestion of horrors untold, of mysteries too profound to be even guessed at.
hills
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From this reading IRONY The hills roll away, banking on every side, mounting up, pile on pile, like the mighty waves of a storm-swept ocean.
horrors
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From this reading The silent shadows of the endless woods crowd with a suggestion of horrors untold, of mysteries too profound to be even guessed at.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It seems as if nothing on earth could ever be so great as that magnificent world, nothing could ever be so small as the life which peoples it.
IRONY
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From this reading IRONY The hills roll away, banking on every side, mounting up, pile on pile, like the mighty waves of a storm-swept ocean.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seems as if nothing on earth could ever be so great as that magnificent world, nothing could ever be so small as the life which peoples it.
life
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From this reading It seems as if nothing on earth could ever be so great as that magnificent world, nothing could ever be so small as the life which peoples it.
like
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From this reading IRONY The hills roll away, banking on every side, mounting up, pile on pile, like the mighty waves of a storm-swept ocean.
magnificent
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From this reading The darkening splendor, the magnificent ruggedness crowds down upon the narrow open places with a strange sense of oppression, almost of desolation.
mighty
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From this reading IRONY The hills roll away, banking on every side, mounting up, pile on pile, like the mighty waves of a storm-swept ocean.
mounting
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From this reading IRONY The hills roll away, banking on every side, mounting up, pile on pile, like the mighty waves of a storm-swept ocean.
mysteries
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From this reading The silent shadows of the endless woods crowd with a suggestion of horrors untold, of mysteries too profound to be even guessed at.
narrow
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From this reading The darkening splendor, the magnificent ruggedness crowds down upon the narrow open places with a strange sense of oppression, almost of desolation.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading It seems as if nothing on earth could ever be so great as that magnificent world, nothing could ever be so small as the life which peoples it.
ocean
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From this reading IRONY The hills roll away, banking on every side, mounting up, pile on pile, like the mighty waves of a storm-swept ocean.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IRONY The hills roll away, banking on every side, mounting up, pile on pile, like the mighty waves of a storm-swept ocean.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading IRONY The hills roll away, banking on every side, mounting up, pile on pile, like the mighty waves of a storm-swept ocean.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The darkening splendor, the magnificent ruggedness crowds down upon the narrow open places with a strange sense of oppression, almost of desolation.
oppression
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From this reading The darkening splendor, the magnificent ruggedness crowds down upon the narrow open places with a strange sense of oppression, almost of desolation.
peoples
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From this reading It seems as if nothing on earth could ever be so great as that magnificent world, nothing could ever be so small as the life which peoples it.
pile
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From this reading IRONY The hills roll away, banking on every side, mounting up, pile on pile, like the mighty waves of a storm-swept ocean.
places
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From this reading The darkening splendor, the magnificent ruggedness crowds down upon the narrow open places with a strange sense of oppression, almost of desolation.
profound
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From this reading The silent shadows of the endless woods crowd with a suggestion of horrors untold, of mysteries too profound to be even guessed at.
roll
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From this reading IRONY The hills roll away, banking on every side, mounting up, pile on pile, like the mighty waves of a storm-swept ocean.
ruggedness
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From this reading The darkening splendor, the magnificent ruggedness crowds down upon the narrow open places with a strange sense of oppression, almost of desolation.
seems
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From this reading It seems as if nothing on earth could ever be so great as that magnificent world, nothing could ever be so small as the life which peoples it.
sense
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From this reading The darkening splendor, the magnificent ruggedness crowds down upon the narrow open places with a strange sense of oppression, almost of desolation.
shadows
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From this reading The silent shadows of the endless woods crowd with a suggestion of horrors untold, of mysteries too profound to be even guessed at.
side
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From this reading IRONY The hills roll away, banking on every side, mounting up, pile on pile, like the mighty waves of a storm-swept ocean.
silent
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From this reading The silent shadows of the endless woods crowd with a suggestion of horrors untold, of mysteries too profound to be even guessed at.
small
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From this reading It seems as if nothing on earth could ever be so great as that magnificent world, nothing could ever be so small as the life which peoples it.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It seems as if nothing on earth could ever be so great as that magnificent world, nothing could ever be so small as the life which peoples it.
splendornounUS /ˈsplen.dər/
Magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur and brilliance.
From this reading The darkening splendor, the magnificent ruggedness crowds down upon the narrow open places with a strange sense of oppression, almost of desolation.
storm-swept
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From this reading IRONY The hills roll away, banking on every side, mounting up, pile on pile, like the mighty waves of a storm-swept ocean.
strange
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From this reading The darkening splendor, the magnificent ruggedness crowds down upon the narrow open places with a strange sense of oppression, almost of desolation.
suggestion
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From this reading The silent shadows of the endless woods crowd with a suggestion of horrors untold, of mysteries too profound to be even guessed at.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It seems as if nothing on earth could ever be so great as that magnificent world, nothing could ever be so small as the life which peoples it.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IRONY The hills roll away, banking on every side, mounting up, pile on pile, like the mighty waves of a storm-swept ocean.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The silent shadows of the endless woods crowd with a suggestion of horrors untold, of mysteries too profound to be even guessed at.
too
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From this reading The silent shadows of the endless woods crowd with a suggestion of horrors untold, of mysteries too profound to be even guessed at.
untold
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From this reading The silent shadows of the endless woods crowd with a suggestion of horrors untold, of mysteries too profound to be even guessed at.
up
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From this reading IRONY The hills roll away, banking on every side, mounting up, pile on pile, like the mighty waves of a storm-swept ocean.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The darkening splendor, the magnificent ruggedness crowds down upon the narrow open places with a strange sense of oppression, almost of desolation.
waves
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From this reading IRONY The hills roll away, banking on every side, mounting up, pile on pile, like the mighty waves of a storm-swept ocean.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It seems as if nothing on earth could ever be so great as that magnificent world, nothing could ever be so small as the life which peoples it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The darkening splendor, the magnificent ruggedness crowds down upon the narrow open places with a strange sense of oppression, almost of desolation.
woods
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From this reading The silent shadows of the endless woods crowd with a suggestion of horrors untold, of mysteries too profound to be even guessed at.
world
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From this reading It seems as if nothing on earth could ever be so great as that magnificent world, nothing could ever be so small as the life which peoples it.
