a
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afternoon
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air
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From this reading It was a day in late April, and the sweetness of spring was in the air.
and
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April
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As
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Avenue
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blurred
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From this reading It mitigated the ugliness of the long crowded thoroughfare, blurred the gaunt roof-lines, threw a mauve veil over the discouraging perspective of the side streets, and gave a touch of poetry to the delicate haze of green that marked the entrance to the Park.
but
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carriages
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corner
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crowded
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day
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delaying
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delicate
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departure
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disbanded
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discouraging
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entrance
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Europe
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faces
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familiar
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few
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Fifth
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for
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forces
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from
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gaunt
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gave
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green
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had
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haze
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in
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It
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its
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late
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Lily
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lingered
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lingering
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long
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looked
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marked
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mauve
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From this reading It mitigated the ugliness of the long crowded thoroughfare, blurred the gaunt roof-lines, threw a mauve veil over the discouraging perspective of the side streets, and gave a touch of poetry to the delicate haze of green that marked the entrance to the Park.
mitigated
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moment
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of
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on
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or
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out
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over
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Park
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passing
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perspective
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poetry
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recognized
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return
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roof-lines
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ruling
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season
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several
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she
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side
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South
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spectacle
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spring
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still
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stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading As Lily stood there, she recognized several familiar faces in the passing carriages.
streets
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sweetness
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that
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the
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their
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there
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thoroughfare
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threw
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through
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to
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touch
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town
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ugliness
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veil
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was
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From this reading It was a day in late April, and the sweetness of spring was in the air.
