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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 It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
afar
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From this reading It sank no more than a couple of hundred feet, but this was enough to enable her to follow the silver streak of the river winding afar between park and coppice and under many a church tower.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
alarm
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From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
all
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From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
arrival
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From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
astir
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From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
away
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From this reading At her feet a sharp slope, clothed in gorse and shrub, fell away to meet the plain.
beautiful
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From this reading Away to the right she could see the three graceful spires of Lichfield, and southward, where an opal haze closed the prospect, she could imagine the fringe of the Black Country, made beautiful by distance.
beauty
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From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading It sank no more than a couple of hundred feet, but this was enough to enable her to follow the silver streak of the river winding afar between park and coppice and under many a church tower.
Black
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From this reading Away to the right she could see the three graceful spires of Lichfield, and southward, where an opal haze closed the prospect, she could imagine the fringe of the Black Country, made beautiful by distance.
bounds
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From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
broad
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From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It sank no more than a couple of hundred feet, but this was enough to enable her to follow the silver streak of the river winding afar between park and coppice and under many a church tower.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
change
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From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
church
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From this reading It sank no more than a couple of hundred feet, but this was enough to enable her to follow the silver streak of the river winding afar between park and coppice and under many a church tower.
closed
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From this reading Away to the right she could see the three graceful spires of Lichfield, and southward, where an opal haze closed the prospect, she could imagine the fringe of the Black Country, made beautiful by distance.
clothed
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From this reading At her feet a sharp slope, clothed in gorse and shrub, fell away to meet the plain.
coppice
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From this reading It sank no more than a couple of hundred feet, but this was enough to enable her to follow the silver streak of the river winding afar between park and coppice and under many a church tower.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Away to the right she could see the three graceful spires of Lichfield, and southward, where an opal haze closed the prospect, she could imagine the fringe of the Black Country, made beautiful by distance.
Country
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From this reading Away to the right she could see the three graceful spires of Lichfield, and southward, where an opal haze closed the prospect, she could imagine the fringe of the Black Country, made beautiful by distance.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading It sank no more than a couple of hundred feet, but this was enough to enable her to follow the silver streak of the river winding afar between park and coppice and under many a church tower.
death
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From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
distance
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From this reading Away to the right she could see the three graceful spires of Lichfield, and southward, where an opal haze closed the prospect, she could imagine the fringe of the Black Country, made beautiful by distance.
enable
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From this reading It sank no more than a couple of hundred feet, but this was enough to enable her to follow the silver streak of the river winding afar between park and coppice and under many a church tower.
enough
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From this reading It sank no more than a couple of hundred feet, but this was enough to enable her to follow the silver streak of the river winding afar between park and coppice and under many a church tower.
feet
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From this reading At her feet a sharp slope, clothed in gorse and shrub, fell away to meet the plain.
fell
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From this reading At her feet a sharp slope, clothed in gorse and shrub, fell away to meet the plain.
follow
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From this reading It sank no more than a couple of hundred feet, but this was enough to enable her to follow the silver streak of the river winding afar between park and coppice and under many a church tower.
fringe
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From this reading Away to the right she could see the three graceful spires of Lichfield, and southward, where an opal haze closed the prospect, she could imagine the fringe of the Black Country, made beautiful by distance.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
Gatehouse
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From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
gorse
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From this reading At her feet a sharp slope, clothed in gorse and shrub, fell away to meet the plain.
graceful
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From this reading Away to the right she could see the three graceful spires of Lichfield, and southward, where an opal haze closed the prospect, she could imagine the fringe of the Black Country, made beautiful by distance.
greater
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From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
haze
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From this reading Away to the right she could see the three graceful spires of Lichfield, and southward, where an opal haze closed the prospect, she could imagine the fringe of the Black Country, made beautiful by distance.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
hour
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From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
hundred
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From this reading It sank no more than a couple of hundred feet, but this was enough to enable her to follow the silver streak of the river winding afar between park and coppice and under many a church tower.
imagination
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From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
imaginenounUS /ˈimagine/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Away to the right she could see the three graceful spires of Lichfield, and southward, where an opal haze closed the prospect, she could imagine the fringe of the Black Country, made beautiful by distance.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
incredible
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From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
inner
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From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
ledge
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From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
Lichfield
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From this reading Away to the right she could see the three graceful spires of Lichfield, and southward, where an opal haze closed the prospect, she could imagine the fringe of the Black Country, made beautiful by distance.
made
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From this reading Away to the right she could see the three graceful spires of Lichfield, and southward, where an opal haze closed the prospect, she could imagine the fringe of the Black Country, made beautiful by distance.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
many
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From this reading It sank no more than a couple of hundred feet, but this was enough to enable her to follow the silver streak of the river winding afar between park and coppice and under many a church tower.
Mary
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From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
meet
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From this reading At her feet a sharp slope, clothed in gorse and shrub, fell away to meet the plain.
mood
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From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
more
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From this reading It sank no more than a couple of hundred feet, but this was enough to enable her to follow the silver streak of the river winding afar between park and coppice and under many a church tower.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
new
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From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
night
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From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
opal
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From this reading Away to the right she could see the three graceful spires of Lichfield, and southward, where an opal haze closed the prospect, she could imagine the fringe of the Black Country, made beautiful by distance.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
out
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From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
outlook
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From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
park
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From this reading It sank no more than a couple of hundred feet, but this was enough to enable her to follow the silver streak of the river winding afar between park and coppice and under many a church tower.
past
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From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
plain
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From this reading At her feet a sharp slope, clothed in gorse and shrub, fell away to meet the plain.
prospect
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From this reading Away to the right she could see the three graceful spires of Lichfield, and southward, where an opal haze closed the prospect, she could imagine the fringe of the Black Country, made beautiful by distance.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Away to the right she could see the three graceful spires of Lichfield, and southward, where an opal haze closed the prospect, she could imagine the fringe of the Black Country, made beautiful by distance.
river
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From this reading It sank no more than a couple of hundred feet, but this was enough to enable her to follow the silver streak of the river winding afar between park and coppice and under many a church tower.
sank
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From this reading It sank no more than a couple of hundred feet, but this was enough to enable her to follow the silver streak of the river winding afar between park and coppice and under many a church tower.
saw
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From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
see
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From this reading Away to the right she could see the three graceful spires of Lichfield, and southward, where an opal haze closed the prospect, she could imagine the fringe of the Black Country, made beautiful by distance.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
selves
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From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
sharp
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From this reading At her feet a sharp slope, clothed in gorse and shrub, fell away to meet the plain.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Away to the right she could see the three graceful spires of Lichfield, and southward, where an opal haze closed the prospect, she could imagine the fringe of the Black Country, made beautiful by distance.
shrub
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From this reading At her feet a sharp slope, clothed in gorse and shrub, fell away to meet the plain.
silver
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From this reading It sank no more than a couple of hundred feet, but this was enough to enable her to follow the silver streak of the river winding afar between park and coppice and under many a church tower.
slope
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From this reading At her feet a sharp slope, clothed in gorse and shrub, fell away to meet the plain.
southward
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From this reading Away to the right she could see the three graceful spires of Lichfield, and southward, where an opal haze closed the prospect, she could imagine the fringe of the Black Country, made beautiful by distance.
spires
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From this reading Away to the right she could see the three graceful spires of Lichfield, and southward, where an opal haze closed the prospect, she could imagine the fringe of the Black Country, made beautiful by distance.
streak
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From this reading It sank no more than a couple of hundred feet, but this was enough to enable her to follow the silver streak of the river winding afar between park and coppice and under many a church tower.
stretched
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From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It sank no more than a couple of hundred feet, but this was enough to enable her to follow the silver streak of the river winding afar between park and coppice and under many a church tower.
three
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From this reading Away to the right she could see the three graceful spires of Lichfield, and southward, where an opal haze closed the prospect, she could imagine the fringe of the Black Country, made beautiful by distance.
threshold
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From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
times
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From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At her feet a sharp slope, clothed in gorse and shrub, fell away to meet the plain.
tower
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From this reading It sank no more than a couple of hundred feet, but this was enough to enable her to follow the silver streak of the river winding afar between park and coppice and under many a church tower.
Trent
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From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading It sank no more than a couple of hundred feet, but this was enough to enable her to follow the silver streak of the river winding afar between park and coppice and under many a church tower.
valley
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From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Away to the right she could see the three graceful spires of Lichfield, and southward, where an opal haze closed the prospect, she could imagine the fringe of the Black Country, made beautiful by distance.
winding
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From this reading It sank no more than a couple of hundred feet, but this was enough to enable her to follow the silver streak of the river winding afar between park and coppice and under many a church tower.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
world
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From this reading When Mary, an hour before the world was astir on the morning after her arrival, let herself out of the Gatehouse, and from its threshold as from a ledge saw the broad valley of the Trent stretched before her in all the beauty of a May morning, her alarm of the past night seemed incredible.
wrought
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From this reading It is within the bounds of imagination that death may make no greater change in our inner selves than is wrought at times by a new mood or another outlook.
