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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 She looks towards the dark shades of Woolverstone, and with a lover's anxious eye, fancies she can descry a sail.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
all
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From this reading THE CONFLICT But where is Margaret all this time?
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She is on the shore, casting an anxious eye upon the waters.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She looks towards the dark shades of Woolverstone, and with a lover's anxious eye, fancies she can descry a sail.
anxious
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From this reading She is on the shore, casting an anxious eye upon the waters.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
breeze
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From this reading A sail there was; but it came very slowly on, though a breeze reached the spot where poor Margaret was standing.
brightness
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From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading THE CONFLICT But where is Margaret all this time?
came
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From this reading A sail there was; but it came very slowly on, though a breeze reached the spot where poor Margaret was standing.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
casting
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From this reading She is on the shore, casting an anxious eye upon the waters.
CONFLICT
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From this reading THE CONFLICT But where is Margaret all this time?
dark
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From this reading She looks towards the dark shades of Woolverstone, and with a lover's anxious eye, fancies she can descry a sail.
descry
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From this reading She looks towards the dark shades of Woolverstone, and with a lover's anxious eye, fancies she can descry a sail.
Downham
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From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
eye
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From this reading She is on the shore, casting an anxious eye upon the waters.
fancies
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From this reading She looks towards the dark shades of Woolverstone, and with a lover's anxious eye, fancies she can descry a sail.
Freston
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From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE CONFLICT But where is Margaret all this time?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
looks
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From this reading She looks towards the dark shades of Woolverstone, and with a lover's anxious eye, fancies she can descry a sail.
lover's
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From this reading She looks towards the dark shades of Woolverstone, and with a lover's anxious eye, fancies she can descry a sail.
Margaret
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From this reading THE CONFLICT But where is Margaret all this time?
miles
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From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
moon
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From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
nearly
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From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She looks towards the dark shades of Woolverstone, and with a lover's anxious eye, fancies she can descry a sail.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She is on the shore, casting an anxious eye upon the waters.
perfect
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From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
poor
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From this reading A sail there was; but it came very slowly on, though a breeze reached the spot where poor Margaret was standing.
Reach
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From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
reached
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From this reading A sail there was; but it came very slowly on, though a breeze reached the spot where poor Margaret was standing.
river
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From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
sail
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From this reading She looks towards the dark shades of Woolverstone, and with a lover's anxious eye, fancies she can descry a sail.
see
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From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
shades
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From this reading She looks towards the dark shades of Woolverstone, and with a lover's anxious eye, fancies she can descry a sail.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She is on the shore, casting an anxious eye upon the waters.
shining
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From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
shore
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From this reading She is on the shore, casting an anxious eye upon the waters.
slowly
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From this reading A sail there was; but it came very slowly on, though a breeze reached the spot where poor Margaret was standing.
spot
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From this reading A sail there was; but it came very slowly on, though a breeze reached the spot where poor Margaret was standing.
standing
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From this reading A sail there was; but it came very slowly on, though a breeze reached the spot where poor Margaret was standing.
strand
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From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CONFLICT But where is Margaret all this time?
there
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From this reading A sail there was; but it came very slowly on, though a breeze reached the spot where poor Margaret was standing.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE CONFLICT But where is Margaret all this time?
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
time
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From this reading THE CONFLICT But where is Margaret all this time?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading She looks towards the dark shades of Woolverstone, and with a lover's anxious eye, fancies she can descry a sail.
Tower
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From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
two
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From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She is on the shore, casting an anxious eye upon the waters.
very
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From this reading A sail there was; but it came very slowly on, though a breeze reached the spot where poor Margaret was standing.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A sail there was; but it came very slowly on, though a breeze reached the spot where poor Margaret was standing.
waters
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From this reading She is on the shore, casting an anxious eye upon the waters.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading THE CONFLICT But where is Margaret all this time?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The moon is shining with such perfect brightness, that she can see across the river, though it be nearly two miles from the strand at Downham Reach to Freston Tower.
Woolverstone
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From this reading She looks towards the dark shades of Woolverstone, and with a lover's anxious eye, fancies she can descry a sail.
