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The Grey Lady
The Grey Lady

Chapter XXIX · The Count's Story

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And yet I know That tears lie deep in all I do.
The pine forests on the mountain-tops were beginning to gather the darkness as the Count de Lloseta rode up the last slope to the Casa d'Erraha.
The sun had just set behind the rocky land that hides Miramar from D'Erraha.
A stillness seemed to be creeping down from the mountain to the valley.
The wind had gone down with the sun.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Grey Lady

Chapter XXIX · The Count's Story

Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
And yet I know That tears lie deep in all I do.
Line 2
The pine forests on the mountain-tops were beginning to gather the darkness as the Count de Lloseta rode up the last slope to the Casa d'Erraha.
Line 3
The sun had just set behind the rocky land that hides Miramar from D'Erraha.
Line 4
A stillness seemed to be creeping down from the mountain to the valley.
Line 5
The wind had gone down with the sun.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Beginning noun US /ˈbeginning/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “The pine forests on the mountain-tops were beginning to gather the darkness as the Count de Lloseta rode up the last slope to the Casa d'Erraha.”

Behind preposition US /bɪˈhaɪnd/

at or toward the back of something

From this reading “The sun had just set behind the rocky land that hides Miramar from D'Erraha.”

Know noun US /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And yet I know That tears lie deep in all I do.”

Last noun US /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The pine forests on the mountain-tops were beginning to gather the darkness as the Count de Lloseta rode up the last slope to the Casa d'Erraha.”

Seemed noun US /seemed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “A stillness seemed to be creeping down from the mountain to the valley.”

Wind noun US /wind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The wind had gone down with the sun.”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “And yet I know That tears lie deep in all I do.”

All words in this reading · 52

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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 A stillness seemed to be creeping down from the mountain to the valley.

all

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From this reading And yet I know That tears lie deep in all I do.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading And yet I know That tears lie deep in all I do.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading The pine forests on the mountain-tops were beginning to gather the darkness as the Count de Lloseta rode up the last slope to the Casa d'Erraha.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading A stillness seemed to be creeping down from the mountain to the valley.

beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading The pine forests on the mountain-tops were beginning to gather the darkness as the Count de Lloseta rode up the last slope to the Casa d'Erraha.

behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/

at or toward the back of something

From this reading The sun had just set behind the rocky land that hides Miramar from D'Erraha.

Casa

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From this reading The pine forests on the mountain-tops were beginning to gather the darkness as the Count de Lloseta rode up the last slope to the Casa d'Erraha.

Count

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From this reading The pine forests on the mountain-tops were beginning to gather the darkness as the Count de Lloseta rode up the last slope to the Casa d'Erraha.

creeping

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From this reading A stillness seemed to be creeping down from the mountain to the valley.

d'Erraha

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From this reading The pine forests on the mountain-tops were beginning to gather the darkness as the Count de Lloseta rode up the last slope to the Casa d'Erraha.

darkness

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From this reading The pine forests on the mountain-tops were beginning to gather the darkness as the Count de Lloseta rode up the last slope to the Casa d'Erraha.

de

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From this reading The pine forests on the mountain-tops were beginning to gather the darkness as the Count de Lloseta rode up the last slope to the Casa d'Erraha.

deep

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From this reading And yet I know That tears lie deep in all I do.

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading And yet I know That tears lie deep in all I do.

down

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From this reading A stillness seemed to be creeping down from the mountain to the valley.

forests

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From this reading The pine forests on the mountain-tops were beginning to gather the darkness as the Count de Lloseta rode up the last slope to the Casa d'Erraha.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The sun had just set behind the rocky land that hides Miramar from D'Erraha.

gather

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From this reading The pine forests on the mountain-tops were beginning to gather the darkness as the Count de Lloseta rode up the last slope to the Casa d'Erraha.

gone

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From this reading The wind had gone down with the sun.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading The sun had just set behind the rocky land that hides Miramar from D'Erraha.

hides

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From this reading The sun had just set behind the rocky land that hides Miramar from D'Erraha.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading And yet I know That tears lie deep in all I do.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading And yet I know That tears lie deep in all I do.

just

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From this reading The sun had just set behind the rocky land that hides Miramar from D'Erraha.

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading And yet I know That tears lie deep in all I do.

land

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From this reading The sun had just set behind the rocky land that hides Miramar from D'Erraha.

lastnounUS /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The pine forests on the mountain-tops were beginning to gather the darkness as the Count de Lloseta rode up the last slope to the Casa d'Erraha.

lie

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From this reading And yet I know That tears lie deep in all I do.

Lloseta

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From this reading The pine forests on the mountain-tops were beginning to gather the darkness as the Count de Lloseta rode up the last slope to the Casa d'Erraha.

Miramar

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The sun had just set behind the rocky land that hides Miramar from D'Erraha.

mountain

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading A stillness seemed to be creeping down from the mountain to the valley.

mountain-tops

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From this reading The pine forests on the mountain-tops were beginning to gather the darkness as the Count de Lloseta rode up the last slope to the Casa d'Erraha.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The pine forests on the mountain-tops were beginning to gather the darkness as the Count de Lloseta rode up the last slope to the Casa d'Erraha.

pine

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From this reading The pine forests on the mountain-tops were beginning to gather the darkness as the Count de Lloseta rode up the last slope to the Casa d'Erraha.

rocky

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The sun had just set behind the rocky land that hides Miramar from D'Erraha.

rode

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From this reading The pine forests on the mountain-tops were beginning to gather the darkness as the Count de Lloseta rode up the last slope to the Casa d'Erraha.

seemednounUS /seemed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading A stillness seemed to be creeping down from the mountain to the valley.

set

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From this reading The sun had just set behind the rocky land that hides Miramar from D'Erraha.

slope

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The pine forests on the mountain-tops were beginning to gather the darkness as the Count de Lloseta rode up the last slope to the Casa d'Erraha.

stillness

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading A stillness seemed to be creeping down from the mountain to the valley.

sun

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From this reading The sun had just set behind the rocky land that hides Miramar from D'Erraha.

tears

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading And yet I know That tears lie deep in all I do.

ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading And yet I know That tears lie deep in all I do.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The pine forests on the mountain-tops were beginning to gather the darkness as the Count de Lloseta rode up the last slope to the Casa d'Erraha.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The pine forests on the mountain-tops were beginning to gather the darkness as the Count de Lloseta rode up the last slope to the Casa d'Erraha.

up

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From this reading The pine forests on the mountain-tops were beginning to gather the darkness as the Count de Lloseta rode up the last slope to the Casa d'Erraha.

valley

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading A stillness seemed to be creeping down from the mountain to the valley.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading The pine forests on the mountain-tops were beginning to gather the darkness as the Count de Lloseta rode up the last slope to the Casa d'Erraha.

windnounUS /wind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The wind had gone down with the sun.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading The wind had gone down with the sun.

yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading And yet I know That tears lie deep in all I do.