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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 The estuary, in all the colours of unsettled, mild, bright weather, lay at her feet beneath a high arch of changing blue and white.
all
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From this reading The estuary, in all the colours of unsettled, mild, bright weather, lay at her feet beneath a high arch of changing blue and white.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The estuary, in all the colours of unsettled, mild, bright weather, lay at her feet beneath a high arch of changing blue and white.
angle
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From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
arch
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From this reading The estuary, in all the colours of unsettled, mild, bright weather, lay at her feet beneath a high arch of changing blue and white.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Audrey stood at the garden door of Flank Hall.
Audrey
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From this reading Audrey stood at the garden door of Flank Hall.
barges
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From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Audrey was dressed in black, but her raiment had obviously not been fashioned in the village, nor even at Colchester, nor yet at Ipswich, that great and stylish city.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading The estuary, in all the colours of unsettled, mild, bright weather, lay at her feet beneath a high arch of changing blue and white.
bent
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From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
black
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From this reading Audrey was dressed in black, but her raiment had obviously not been fashioned in the village, nor even at Colchester, nor yet at Ipswich, that great and stylish city.
blue
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From this reading The estuary, in all the colours of unsettled, mild, bright weather, lay at her feet beneath a high arch of changing blue and white.
bright
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From this reading The estuary, in all the colours of unsettled, mild, bright weather, lay at her feet beneath a high arch of changing blue and white.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Audrey was dressed in black, but her raiment had obviously not been fashioned in the village, nor even at Colchester, nor yet at Ipswich, that great and stylish city.
capricious
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From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
caps
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From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
changing
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From this reading The estuary, in all the colours of unsettled, mild, bright weather, lay at her feet beneath a high arch of changing blue and white.
city
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From this reading Audrey was dressed in black, but her raiment had obviously not been fashioned in the village, nor even at Colchester, nor yet at Ipswich, that great and stylish city.
Colchester
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From this reading Audrey was dressed in black, but her raiment had obviously not been fashioned in the village, nor even at Colchester, nor yet at Ipswich, that great and stylish city.
coloursnounUS /ˈcolours/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The estuary, in all the colours of unsettled, mild, bright weather, lay at her feet beneath a high arch of changing blue and white.
curtseying
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From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
distance
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From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
door
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From this reading Audrey stood at the garden door of Flank Hall.
dressed
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From this reading Audrey was dressed in black, but her raiment had obviously not been fashioned in the village, nor even at Colchester, nor yet at Ipswich, that great and stylish city.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
early
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From this reading THE YOUNG WIDOW It was early October.
estuary
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From this reading The estuary, in all the colours of unsettled, mild, bright weather, lay at her feet beneath a high arch of changing blue and white.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Audrey was dressed in black, but her raiment had obviously not been fashioned in the village, nor even at Colchester, nor yet at Ipswich, that great and stylish city.
faint
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From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
fashioned
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From this reading Audrey was dressed in black, but her raiment had obviously not been fashioned in the village, nor even at Colchester, nor yet at Ipswich, that great and stylish city.
feet
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From this reading The estuary, in all the colours of unsettled, mild, bright weather, lay at her feet beneath a high arch of changing blue and white.
Flank
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From this reading Audrey stood at the garden door of Flank Hall.
garden
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From this reading Audrey stood at the garden door of Flank Hall.
grasses
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From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Audrey was dressed in black, but her raiment had obviously not been fashioned in the village, nor even at Colchester, nor yet at Ipswich, that great and stylish city.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Audrey was dressed in black, but her raiment had obviously not been fashioned in the village, nor even at Colchester, nor yet at Ipswich, that great and stylish city.
hair
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From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
Hall
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From this reading Audrey stood at the garden door of Flank Hall.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The estuary, in all the colours of unsettled, mild, bright weather, lay at her feet beneath a high arch of changing blue and white.
high
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From this reading The estuary, in all the colours of unsettled, mild, bright weather, lay at her feet beneath a high arch of changing blue and white.
horizontal
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From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The estuary, in all the colours of unsettled, mild, bright weather, lay at her feet beneath a high arch of changing blue and white.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
Ipswich
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From this reading Audrey was dressed in black, but her raiment had obviously not been fashioned in the village, nor even at Colchester, nor yet at Ipswich, that great and stylish city.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE YOUNG WIDOW It was early October.
lay
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From this reading The estuary, in all the colours of unsettled, mild, bright weather, lay at her feet beneath a high arch of changing blue and white.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
middle
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From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
mild
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From this reading The estuary, in all the colours of unsettled, mild, bright weather, lay at her feet beneath a high arch of changing blue and white.
moved
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From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Audrey was dressed in black, but her raiment had obviously not been fashioned in the village, nor even at Colchester, nor yet at Ipswich, that great and stylish city.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Audrey was dressed in black, but her raiment had obviously not been fashioned in the village, nor even at Colchester, nor yet at Ipswich, that great and stylish city.
obviously
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From this reading Audrey was dressed in black, but her raiment had obviously not been fashioned in the village, nor even at Colchester, nor yet at Ipswich, that great and stylish city.
October
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From this reading THE YOUNG WIDOW It was early October.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Audrey stood at the garden door of Flank Hall.
offing
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From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
out
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From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
put
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From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
raiment
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From this reading Audrey was dressed in black, but her raiment had obviously not been fashioned in the village, nor even at Colchester, nor yet at Ipswich, that great and stylish city.
red-sailed
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From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
rich
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From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
scarves
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From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
sea-wall
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From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
smoke
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From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
steamers
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From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Audrey stood at the garden door of Flank Hall.
stylish
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From this reading Audrey was dressed in black, but her raiment had obviously not been fashioned in the village, nor even at Colchester, nor yet at Ipswich, that great and stylish city.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Audrey was dressed in black, but her raiment had obviously not been fashioned in the village, nor even at Colchester, nor yet at Ipswich, that great and stylish city.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE YOUNG WIDOW It was early October.
unsettled
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From this reading The estuary, in all the colours of unsettled, mild, bright weather, lay at her feet beneath a high arch of changing blue and white.
village
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From this reading Audrey was dressed in black, but her raiment had obviously not been fashioned in the village, nor even at Colchester, nor yet at Ipswich, that great and stylish city.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE YOUNG WIDOW It was early October.
waves
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From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
weather
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From this reading The estuary, in all the colours of unsettled, mild, bright weather, lay at her feet beneath a high arch of changing blue and white.
white
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From this reading The estuary, in all the colours of unsettled, mild, bright weather, lay at her feet beneath a high arch of changing blue and white.
WIDOW
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From this reading THE YOUNG WIDOW It was early October.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The capricious wind moved in her hair, moved in the rich grasses of the sea-wall, bent at a curtseying angle the red-sailed barges, put caps on the waves in the middle distance, and drew out into long horizontal scarves the smoke of faint steamers in the offing.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Audrey was dressed in black, but her raiment had obviously not been fashioned in the village, nor even at Colchester, nor yet at Ipswich, that great and stylish city.
YOUNG
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From this reading THE YOUNG WIDOW It was early October.
