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again
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From this reading There they lay! broad, shining pieces of silver, flecked, here and again, with the mellower light of gold.
aloft
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From this reading I stooped over them, holding the candle aloft in one hand, whilst I ran the fingers of the other through the clinking metal.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There they lay! broad, shining pieces of silver, flecked, here and again, with the mellower light of gold.
apparently
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From this reading At one stroke, when my luck was apparently at its lowest ebb, it had turned again, and was coming up in high tide.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I could have thrown my cap over the housetops, I could have shouted for joy, as I saw the coins spread out before me.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At one stroke, when my luck was apparently at its lowest ebb, it had turned again, and was coming up in high tide.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I could have thrown my cap over the housetops, I could have shouted for joy, as I saw the coins spread out before me.
broad
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From this reading There they lay! broad, shining pieces of silver, flecked, here and again, with the mellower light of gold.
candle
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cap
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clinking
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coins
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coming
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From this reading At one stroke, when my luck was apparently at its lowest ebb, it had turned again, and was coming up in high tide.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I could have thrown my cap over the housetops, I could have shouted for joy, as I saw the coins spread out before me.
D'AMBOISE
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From this reading THE LETTER TO D'AMBOISE.
ebb
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From this reading At one stroke, when my luck was apparently at its lowest ebb, it had turned again, and was coming up in high tide.
fingers
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flecked
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From this reading There they lay! broad, shining pieces of silver, flecked, here and again, with the mellower light of gold.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I could have thrown my cap over the housetops, I could have shouted for joy, as I saw the coins spread out before me.
gold
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From this reading There they lay! broad, shining pieces of silver, flecked, here and again, with the mellower light of gold.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At one stroke, when my luck was apparently at its lowest ebb, it had turned again, and was coming up in high tide.
hand
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From this reading I stooped over them, holding the candle aloft in one hand, whilst I ran the fingers of the other through the clinking metal.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I could have thrown my cap over the housetops, I could have shouted for joy, as I saw the coins spread out before me.
here
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From this reading There they lay! broad, shining pieces of silver, flecked, here and again, with the mellower light of gold.
high
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From this reading At one stroke, when my luck was apparently at its lowest ebb, it had turned again, and was coming up in high tide.
holding
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From this reading I stooped over them, holding the candle aloft in one hand, whilst I ran the fingers of the other through the clinking metal.
housetops
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From this reading I could have thrown my cap over the housetops, I could have shouted for joy, as I saw the coins spread out before me.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I could have thrown my cap over the housetops, I could have shouted for joy, as I saw the coins spread out before me.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I stooped over them, holding the candle aloft in one hand, whilst I ran the fingers of the other through the clinking metal.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading At one stroke, when my luck was apparently at its lowest ebb, it had turned again, and was coming up in high tide.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading At one stroke, when my luck was apparently at its lowest ebb, it had turned again, and was coming up in high tide.
joy
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From this reading I could have thrown my cap over the housetops, I could have shouted for joy, as I saw the coins spread out before me.
lay
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From this reading There they lay! broad, shining pieces of silver, flecked, here and again, with the mellower light of gold.
LETTER
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From this reading THE LETTER TO D'AMBOISE.
light
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From this reading There they lay! broad, shining pieces of silver, flecked, here and again, with the mellower light of gold.
lowest
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From this reading At one stroke, when my luck was apparently at its lowest ebb, it had turned again, and was coming up in high tide.
luck
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From this reading At one stroke, when my luck was apparently at its lowest ebb, it had turned again, and was coming up in high tide.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I could have thrown my cap over the housetops, I could have shouted for joy, as I saw the coins spread out before me.
mellower
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From this reading There they lay! broad, shining pieces of silver, flecked, here and again, with the mellower light of gold.
metal
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From this reading I stooped over them, holding the candle aloft in one hand, whilst I ran the fingers of the other through the clinking metal.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I could have thrown my cap over the housetops, I could have shouted for joy, as I saw the coins spread out before me.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I stooped over them, holding the candle aloft in one hand, whilst I ran the fingers of the other through the clinking metal.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I stooped over them, holding the candle aloft in one hand, whilst I ran the fingers of the other through the clinking metal.
other
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From this reading I stooped over them, holding the candle aloft in one hand, whilst I ran the fingers of the other through the clinking metal.
out
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From this reading I could have thrown my cap over the housetops, I could have shouted for joy, as I saw the coins spread out before me.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading I could have thrown my cap over the housetops, I could have shouted for joy, as I saw the coins spread out before me.
pieces
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From this reading There they lay! broad, shining pieces of silver, flecked, here and again, with the mellower light of gold.
ran
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From this reading I stooped over them, holding the candle aloft in one hand, whilst I ran the fingers of the other through the clinking metal.
saw
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shining
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From this reading There they lay! broad, shining pieces of silver, flecked, here and again, with the mellower light of gold.
shouted
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From this reading I could have thrown my cap over the housetops, I could have shouted for joy, as I saw the coins spread out before me.
silver
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From this reading There they lay! broad, shining pieces of silver, flecked, here and again, with the mellower light of gold.
spread
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From this reading I could have thrown my cap over the housetops, I could have shouted for joy, as I saw the coins spread out before me.
stooped
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From this reading I stooped over them, holding the candle aloft in one hand, whilst I ran the fingers of the other through the clinking metal.
stroke
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From this reading At one stroke, when my luck was apparently at its lowest ebb, it had turned again, and was coming up in high tide.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LETTER TO D'AMBOISE.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I stooped over them, holding the candle aloft in one hand, whilst I ran the fingers of the other through the clinking metal.
There
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From this reading There they lay! broad, shining pieces of silver, flecked, here and again, with the mellower light of gold.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There they lay! broad, shining pieces of silver, flecked, here and again, with the mellower light of gold.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading I stooped over them, holding the candle aloft in one hand, whilst I ran the fingers of the other through the clinking metal.
thrown
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From this reading I could have thrown my cap over the housetops, I could have shouted for joy, as I saw the coins spread out before me.
tide
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From this reading At one stroke, when my luck was apparently at its lowest ebb, it had turned again, and was coming up in high tide.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE LETTER TO D'AMBOISE.
turned
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From this reading At one stroke, when my luck was apparently at its lowest ebb, it had turned again, and was coming up in high tide.
up
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From this reading At one stroke, when my luck was apparently at its lowest ebb, it had turned again, and was coming up in high tide.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At one stroke, when my luck was apparently at its lowest ebb, it had turned again, and was coming up in high tide.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading At one stroke, when my luck was apparently at its lowest ebb, it had turned again, and was coming up in high tide.
whilstconjunctionUS /waɪlst/
an old and formal word for “while”
From this reading I stooped over them, holding the candle aloft in one hand, whilst I ran the fingers of the other through the clinking metal.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There they lay! broad, shining pieces of silver, flecked, here and again, with the mellower light of gold.
