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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 With a turn of the kaleidoscope is another pattern formed.
alchemist
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From this reading Yonder, by the tall emblazoned mantel, was the familiar ebony cabinet in which a long bygone De Breze, who was an alchemist, had been wont to lock his phials.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Yonder, by the tall emblazoned mantel, was the familiar ebony cabinet in which a long bygone De Breze, who was an alchemist, had been wont to lock his phials.
ancestors
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From this reading No. It was the same gorgeously gloomy chamber in which she had so often wept, with its dim ancestors frowning from the background of mouldering arras.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
anotherdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading With a turn of the kaleidoscope is another pattern formed.
arras
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From this reading No. It was the same gorgeously gloomy chamber in which she had so often wept, with its dim ancestors frowning from the background of mouldering arras.
awakened
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From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
background
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From this reading No. It was the same gorgeously gloomy chamber in which she had so often wept, with its dim ancestors frowning from the background of mouldering arras.
bed
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From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Yonder, by the tall emblazoned mantel, was the familiar ebony cabinet in which a long bygone De Breze, who was an alchemist, had been wont to lock his phials.
blue
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From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
Breze
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From this reading Yonder, by the tall emblazoned mantel, was the familiar ebony cabinet in which a long bygone De Breze, who was an alchemist, had been wont to lock his phials.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Yonder, by the tall emblazoned mantel, was the familiar ebony cabinet in which a long bygone De Breze, who was an alchemist, had been wont to lock his phials.
bygone
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From this reading Yonder, by the tall emblazoned mantel, was the familiar ebony cabinet in which a long bygone De Breze, who was an alchemist, had been wont to lock his phials.
cabinet
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From this reading Yonder, by the tall emblazoned mantel, was the familiar ebony cabinet in which a long bygone De Breze, who was an alchemist, had been wont to lock his phials.
canopynounUS /ˈkæn.ə.pi/
An overhead roof or structure, such as the high vaulted ceiling of an ancient library.
From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
carven
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From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
chamber
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From this reading No. It was the same gorgeously gloomy chamber in which she had so often wept, with its dim ancestors frowning from the background of mouldering arras.
curtains
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From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
CUT
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From this reading DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND.
De
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From this reading Yonder, by the tall emblazoned mantel, was the familiar ebony cabinet in which a long bygone De Breze, who was an alchemist, had been wont to lock his phials.
deep
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From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
DIAMOND
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From this reading DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND.
dim
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From this reading No. It was the same gorgeously gloomy chamber in which she had so often wept, with its dim ancestors frowning from the background of mouldering arras.
dreaming
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From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
ebony
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From this reading Yonder, by the tall emblazoned mantel, was the familiar ebony cabinet in which a long bygone De Breze, who was an alchemist, had been wont to lock his phials.
emblazoned
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From this reading Yonder, by the tall emblazoned mantel, was the familiar ebony cabinet in which a long bygone De Breze, who was an alchemist, had been wont to lock his phials.
familiar
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From this reading Yonder, by the tall emblazoned mantel, was the familiar ebony cabinet in which a long bygone De Breze, who was an alchemist, had been wont to lock his phials.
formed
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From this reading With a turn of the kaleidoscope is another pattern formed.
fringed
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From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading No. It was the same gorgeously gloomy chamber in which she had so often wept, with its dim ancestors frowning from the background of mouldering arras.
frowning
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From this reading No. It was the same gorgeously gloomy chamber in which she had so often wept, with its dim ancestors frowning from the background of mouldering arras.
Gabrielle
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From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
gloomy
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From this reading No. It was the same gorgeously gloomy chamber in which she had so often wept, with its dim ancestors frowning from the background of mouldering arras.
gold
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From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
gorgeously
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From this reading No. It was the same gorgeously gloomy chamber in which she had so often wept, with its dim ancestors frowning from the background of mouldering arras.
great
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From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
heavy
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From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Yonder, by the tall emblazoned mantel, was the familiar ebony cabinet in which a long bygone De Breze, who was an alchemist, had been wont to lock his phials.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading With a turn of the kaleidoscope is another pattern formed.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading No. It was the same gorgeously gloomy chamber in which she had so often wept, with its dim ancestors frowning from the background of mouldering arras.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
kaleidoscope
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From this reading With a turn of the kaleidoscope is another pattern formed.
kinder
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From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
lock
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From this reading Yonder, by the tall emblazoned mantel, was the familiar ebony cabinet in which a long bygone De Breze, who was an alchemist, had been wont to lock his phials.
long
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From this reading Yonder, by the tall emblazoned mantel, was the familiar ebony cabinet in which a long bygone De Breze, who was an alchemist, had been wont to lock his phials.
Lying
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From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
mantel
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From this reading Yonder, by the tall emblazoned mantel, was the familiar ebony cabinet in which a long bygone De Breze, who was an alchemist, had been wont to lock his phials.
mouldering
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From this reading No. It was the same gorgeously gloomy chamber in which she had so often wept, with its dim ancestors frowning from the background of mouldering arras.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No. It was the same gorgeously gloomy chamber in which she had so often wept, with its dim ancestors frowning from the background of mouldering arras.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With a turn of the kaleidoscope is another pattern formed.
often
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From this reading No. It was the same gorgeously gloomy chamber in which she had so often wept, with its dim ancestors frowning from the background of mouldering arras.
old
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From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
pattern
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From this reading With a turn of the kaleidoscope is another pattern formed.
phials
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From this reading Yonder, by the tall emblazoned mantel, was the familiar ebony cabinet in which a long bygone De Breze, who was an alchemist, had been wont to lock his phials.
ponderous
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From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
rugose
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From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/
Identical; not different.
From this reading No. It was the same gorgeously gloomy chamber in which she had so often wept, with its dim ancestors frowning from the background of mouldering arras.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading No. It was the same gorgeously gloomy chamber in which she had so often wept, with its dim ancestors frowning from the background of mouldering arras.
state
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From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
tall
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From this reading Yonder, by the tall emblazoned mantel, was the familiar ebony cabinet in which a long bygone De Breze, who was an alchemist, had been wont to lock his phials.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With a turn of the kaleidoscope is another pattern formed.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yonder, by the tall emblazoned mantel, was the familiar ebony cabinet in which a long bygone De Breze, who was an alchemist, had been wont to lock his phials.
turn
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From this reading With a turn of the kaleidoscope is another pattern formed.
velvet
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From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
wept
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From this reading No. It was the same gorgeously gloomy chamber in which she had so often wept, with its dim ancestors frowning from the background of mouldering arras.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading No. It was the same gorgeously gloomy chamber in which she had so often wept, with its dim ancestors frowning from the background of mouldering arras.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Yonder, by the tall emblazoned mantel, was the familiar ebony cabinet in which a long bygone De Breze, who was an alchemist, had been wont to lock his phials.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With a turn of the kaleidoscope is another pattern formed.
wondered
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From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
wont
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From this reading Yonder, by the tall emblazoned mantel, was the familiar ebony cabinet in which a long bygone De Breze, who was an alchemist, had been wont to lock his phials.
world
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From this reading Lying in the great state bed with its ponderous carven canopy and heavy curtains of deep blue velvet fringed with gold, Gabrielle wondered whether she had awakened in a kinder world or whether she was dreaming in the old rugose one.
Yonder
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From this reading Yonder, by the tall emblazoned mantel, was the familiar ebony cabinet in which a long bygone De Breze, who was an alchemist, had been wont to lock his phials.
