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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 JOHN AUDLEY An hour later Basset was seated on one side of a wide hearth, on the other John Audley faced him.
adorned
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From this reading The ceiling was of black oak, adorned at the crossings of the joists and beams with emblems, butterflies, and Stafford knots and the like, once bright with color, and still soberly rich.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading JOHN AUDLEY An hour later Basset was seated on one side of a wide hearth, on the other John Audley faced him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was a room of silence and large spaces, and except where four windows, tall and narrow, broke one wall, it was lined high with the companions of silence—books.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The ceiling was of black oak, adorned at the crossings of the joists and beams with emblems, butterflies, and Stafford knots and the like, once bright with color, and still soberly rich.
AUDLEY
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From this reading JOHN AUDLEY An hour later Basset was seated on one side of a wide hearth, on the other John Audley faced him.
Basset
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From this reading JOHN AUDLEY An hour later Basset was seated on one side of a wide hearth, on the other John Audley faced him.
beams
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From this reading The ceiling was of black oak, adorned at the crossings of the joists and beams with emblems, butterflies, and Stafford knots and the like, once bright with color, and still soberly rich.
best
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From this reading The library in which they sat was the room which Basset loved best in the world.
black
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From this reading The ceiling was of black oak, adorned at the crossings of the joists and beams with emblems, butterflies, and Stafford knots and the like, once bright with color, and still soberly rich.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading It was a room of silence and large spaces, and except where four windows, tall and narrow, broke one wall, it was lined high with the companions of silence—books.
bright
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From this reading The ceiling was of black oak, adorned at the crossings of the joists and beams with emblems, butterflies, and Stafford knots and the like, once bright with color, and still soberly rich.
broke
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From this reading It was a room of silence and large spaces, and except where four windows, tall and narrow, broke one wall, it was lined high with the companions of silence—books.
butterflies
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From this reading The ceiling was of black oak, adorned at the crossings of the joists and beams with emblems, butterflies, and Stafford knots and the like, once bright with color, and still soberly rich.
ceiling
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From this reading The ceiling was of black oak, adorned at the crossings of the joists and beams with emblems, butterflies, and Stafford knots and the like, once bright with color, and still soberly rich.
color
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From this reading The ceiling was of black oak, adorned at the crossings of the joists and beams with emblems, butterflies, and Stafford knots and the like, once bright with color, and still soberly rich.
companions
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From this reading It was a room of silence and large spaces, and except where four windows, tall and narrow, broke one wall, it was lined high with the companions of silence—books.
crossings
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From this reading The ceiling was of black oak, adorned at the crossings of the joists and beams with emblems, butterflies, and Stafford knots and the like, once bright with color, and still soberly rich.
emblems
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From this reading The ceiling was of black oak, adorned at the crossings of the joists and beams with emblems, butterflies, and Stafford knots and the like, once bright with color, and still soberly rich.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading It was a room of silence and large spaces, and except where four windows, tall and narrow, broke one wall, it was lined high with the companions of silence—books.
faced
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From this reading JOHN AUDLEY An hour later Basset was seated on one side of a wide hearth, on the other John Audley faced him.
four
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From this reading It was a room of silence and large spaces, and except where four windows, tall and narrow, broke one wall, it was lined high with the companions of silence—books.
hearth
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From this reading JOHN AUDLEY An hour later Basset was seated on one side of a wide hearth, on the other John Audley faced him.
high
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From this reading It was a room of silence and large spaces, and except where four windows, tall and narrow, broke one wall, it was lined high with the companions of silence—books.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading JOHN AUDLEY An hour later Basset was seated on one side of a wide hearth, on the other John Audley faced him.
hour
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From this reading JOHN AUDLEY An hour later Basset was seated on one side of a wide hearth, on the other John Audley faced him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The library in which they sat was the room which Basset loved best in the world.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a room of silence and large spaces, and except where four windows, tall and narrow, broke one wall, it was lined high with the companions of silence—books.
JOHN
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From this reading JOHN AUDLEY An hour later Basset was seated on one side of a wide hearth, on the other John Audley faced him.
joists
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From this reading The ceiling was of black oak, adorned at the crossings of the joists and beams with emblems, butterflies, and Stafford knots and the like, once bright with color, and still soberly rich.
knots
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From this reading The ceiling was of black oak, adorned at the crossings of the joists and beams with emblems, butterflies, and Stafford knots and the like, once bright with color, and still soberly rich.
large
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From this reading It was a room of silence and large spaces, and except where four windows, tall and narrow, broke one wall, it was lined high with the companions of silence—books.
later
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From this reading JOHN AUDLEY An hour later Basset was seated on one side of a wide hearth, on the other John Audley faced him.
library
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From this reading The library in which they sat was the room which Basset loved best in the world.
like
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From this reading The ceiling was of black oak, adorned at the crossings of the joists and beams with emblems, butterflies, and Stafford knots and the like, once bright with color, and still soberly rich.
lined
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From this reading It was a room of silence and large spaces, and except where four windows, tall and narrow, broke one wall, it was lined high with the companions of silence—books.
loved
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From this reading The library in which they sat was the room which Basset loved best in the world.
MR
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narrow
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From this reading It was a room of silence and large spaces, and except where four windows, tall and narrow, broke one wall, it was lined high with the companions of silence—books.
oak
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From this reading The ceiling was of black oak, adorned at the crossings of the joists and beams with emblems, butterflies, and Stafford knots and the like, once bright with color, and still soberly rich.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading JOHN AUDLEY An hour later Basset was seated on one side of a wide hearth, on the other John Audley faced him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading JOHN AUDLEY An hour later Basset was seated on one side of a wide hearth, on the other John Audley faced him.
once
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From this reading The ceiling was of black oak, adorned at the crossings of the joists and beams with emblems, butterflies, and Stafford knots and the like, once bright with color, and still soberly rich.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading JOHN AUDLEY An hour later Basset was seated on one side of a wide hearth, on the other John Audley faced him.
other
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From this reading JOHN AUDLEY An hour later Basset was seated on one side of a wide hearth, on the other John Audley faced him.
rich
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From this reading The ceiling was of black oak, adorned at the crossings of the joists and beams with emblems, butterflies, and Stafford knots and the like, once bright with color, and still soberly rich.
room
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From this reading The library in which they sat was the room which Basset loved best in the world.
sat
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From this reading The library in which they sat was the room which Basset loved best in the world.
seated
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From this reading JOHN AUDLEY An hour later Basset was seated on one side of a wide hearth, on the other John Audley faced him.
side
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From this reading JOHN AUDLEY An hour later Basset was seated on one side of a wide hearth, on the other John Audley faced him.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading It was a room of silence and large spaces, and except where four windows, tall and narrow, broke one wall, it was lined high with the companions of silence—books.
soberly
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From this reading The ceiling was of black oak, adorned at the crossings of the joists and beams with emblems, butterflies, and Stafford knots and the like, once bright with color, and still soberly rich.
spaces
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From this reading It was a room of silence and large spaces, and except where four windows, tall and narrow, broke one wall, it was lined high with the companions of silence—books.
Stafford
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From this reading The ceiling was of black oak, adorned at the crossings of the joists and beams with emblems, butterflies, and Stafford knots and the like, once bright with color, and still soberly rich.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The ceiling was of black oak, adorned at the crossings of the joists and beams with emblems, butterflies, and Stafford knots and the like, once bright with color, and still soberly rich.
tall
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From this reading It was a room of silence and large spaces, and except where four windows, tall and narrow, broke one wall, it was lined high with the companions of silence—books.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading JOHN AUDLEY An hour later Basset was seated on one side of a wide hearth, on the other John Audley faced him.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The library in which they sat was the room which Basset loved best in the world.
wall
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From this reading It was a room of silence and large spaces, and except where four windows, tall and narrow, broke one wall, it was lined high with the companions of silence—books.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading JOHN AUDLEY An hour later Basset was seated on one side of a wide hearth, on the other John Audley faced him.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading It was a room of silence and large spaces, and except where four windows, tall and narrow, broke one wall, it was lined high with the companions of silence—books.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The library in which they sat was the room which Basset loved best in the world.
wide
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From this reading JOHN AUDLEY An hour later Basset was seated on one side of a wide hearth, on the other John Audley faced him.
windows
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From this reading It was a room of silence and large spaces, and except where four windows, tall and narrow, broke one wall, it was lined high with the companions of silence—books.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was a room of silence and large spaces, and except where four windows, tall and narrow, broke one wall, it was lined high with the companions of silence—books.
world
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From this reading The library in which they sat was the room which Basset loved best in the world.
