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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 Far beneath a lofty hillside the world still slumbered and the Larian lake, a jewel of gold and turquoise, shone amid her flowery margins.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Bell answered bell and made a girdle of harmony about the lake, floating along the water and ascending aloft until no louder than the song of birds.
acclivity
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From this reading Two women climbed together up the great acclivity of Griante.
aloft
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From this reading Bell answered bell and made a girdle of harmony about the lake, floating along the water and ascending aloft until no louder than the song of birds.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Bell answered bell and made a girdle of harmony about the lake, floating along the water and ascending aloft until no louder than the song of birds.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading Far beneath a lofty hillside the world still slumbered and the Larian lake, a jewel of gold and turquoise, shone amid her flowery margins.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ON GRIANTE Dawn had broken over Italy and morning, in honeysuckle colours, burned upon the mountain mists.
answerednounUS /ˈanswered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Bell answered bell and made a girdle of harmony about the lake, floating along the water and ascending aloft until no louder than the song of birds.
ascending
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From this reading Bell answered bell and made a girdle of harmony about the lake, floating along the water and ascending aloft until no louder than the song of birds.
Bell
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From this reading Bell answered bell and made a girdle of harmony about the lake, floating along the water and ascending aloft until no louder than the song of birds.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Far beneath a lofty hillside the world still slumbered and the Larian lake, a jewel of gold and turquoise, shone amid her flowery margins.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading The hour was very silent; the little towns and hamlets scattered beside Como, like clusters of white and rosy shells, dreamed on until thin music broke from their campaniles.
birds
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From this reading Bell answered bell and made a girdle of harmony about the lake, floating along the water and ascending aloft until no louder than the song of birds.
broke
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From this reading The hour was very silent; the little towns and hamlets scattered beside Como, like clusters of white and rosy shells, dreamed on until thin music broke from their campaniles.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ON GRIANTE Dawn had broken over Italy and morning, in honeysuckle colours, burned upon the mountain mists.
burned
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From this reading ON GRIANTE Dawn had broken over Italy and morning, in honeysuckle colours, burned upon the mountain mists.
campaniles
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From this reading The hour was very silent; the little towns and hamlets scattered beside Como, like clusters of white and rosy shells, dreamed on until thin music broke from their campaniles.
climbed
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From this reading Two women climbed together up the great acclivity of Griante.
clusters
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From this reading The hour was very silent; the little towns and hamlets scattered beside Como, like clusters of white and rosy shells, dreamed on until thin music broke from their campaniles.
coloursnounUS /ˈcolours/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ON GRIANTE Dawn had broken over Italy and morning, in honeysuckle colours, burned upon the mountain mists.
Como
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From this reading The hour was very silent; the little towns and hamlets scattered beside Como, like clusters of white and rosy shells, dreamed on until thin music broke from their campaniles.
Dawn
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From this reading ON GRIANTE Dawn had broken over Italy and morning, in honeysuckle colours, burned upon the mountain mists.
dreamed
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From this reading The hour was very silent; the little towns and hamlets scattered beside Como, like clusters of white and rosy shells, dreamed on until thin music broke from their campaniles.
Far
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From this reading Far beneath a lofty hillside the world still slumbered and the Larian lake, a jewel of gold and turquoise, shone amid her flowery margins.
floating
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From this reading Bell answered bell and made a girdle of harmony about the lake, floating along the water and ascending aloft until no louder than the song of birds.
flowery
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From this reading Far beneath a lofty hillside the world still slumbered and the Larian lake, a jewel of gold and turquoise, shone amid her flowery margins.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The hour was very silent; the little towns and hamlets scattered beside Como, like clusters of white and rosy shells, dreamed on until thin music broke from their campaniles.
girdle
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From this reading Bell answered bell and made a girdle of harmony about the lake, floating along the water and ascending aloft until no louder than the song of birds.
gold
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From this reading Far beneath a lofty hillside the world still slumbered and the Larian lake, a jewel of gold and turquoise, shone amid her flowery margins.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Two women climbed together up the great acclivity of Griante.
GRIANTE
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From this reading ON GRIANTE Dawn had broken over Italy and morning, in honeysuckle colours, burned upon the mountain mists.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading ON GRIANTE Dawn had broken over Italy and morning, in honeysuckle colours, burned upon the mountain mists.
hamlets
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From this reading The hour was very silent; the little towns and hamlets scattered beside Como, like clusters of white and rosy shells, dreamed on until thin music broke from their campaniles.
harmony
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From this reading Bell answered bell and made a girdle of harmony about the lake, floating along the water and ascending aloft until no louder than the song of birds.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Far beneath a lofty hillside the world still slumbered and the Larian lake, a jewel of gold and turquoise, shone amid her flowery margins.
hillside
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From this reading Far beneath a lofty hillside the world still slumbered and the Larian lake, a jewel of gold and turquoise, shone amid her flowery margins.
honeysuckle
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From this reading ON GRIANTE Dawn had broken over Italy and morning, in honeysuckle colours, burned upon the mountain mists.
hour
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From this reading The hour was very silent; the little towns and hamlets scattered beside Como, like clusters of white and rosy shells, dreamed on until thin music broke from their campaniles.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ON GRIANTE Dawn had broken over Italy and morning, in honeysuckle colours, burned upon the mountain mists.
Italy
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From this reading ON GRIANTE Dawn had broken over Italy and morning, in honeysuckle colours, burned upon the mountain mists.
jewel
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From this reading Far beneath a lofty hillside the world still slumbered and the Larian lake, a jewel of gold and turquoise, shone amid her flowery margins.
lake
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From this reading Far beneath a lofty hillside the world still slumbered and the Larian lake, a jewel of gold and turquoise, shone amid her flowery margins.
Larian
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From this reading Far beneath a lofty hillside the world still slumbered and the Larian lake, a jewel of gold and turquoise, shone amid her flowery margins.
like
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From this reading The hour was very silent; the little towns and hamlets scattered beside Como, like clusters of white and rosy shells, dreamed on until thin music broke from their campaniles.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The hour was very silent; the little towns and hamlets scattered beside Como, like clusters of white and rosy shells, dreamed on until thin music broke from their campaniles.
lofty
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From this reading Far beneath a lofty hillside the world still slumbered and the Larian lake, a jewel of gold and turquoise, shone amid her flowery margins.
louder
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From this reading Bell answered bell and made a girdle of harmony about the lake, floating along the water and ascending aloft until no louder than the song of birds.
made
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From this reading Bell answered bell and made a girdle of harmony about the lake, floating along the water and ascending aloft until no louder than the song of birds.
margins
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From this reading Far beneath a lofty hillside the world still slumbered and the Larian lake, a jewel of gold and turquoise, shone amid her flowery margins.
mists
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From this reading ON GRIANTE Dawn had broken over Italy and morning, in honeysuckle colours, burned upon the mountain mists.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ON GRIANTE Dawn had broken over Italy and morning, in honeysuckle colours, burned upon the mountain mists.
mountain
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From this reading ON GRIANTE Dawn had broken over Italy and morning, in honeysuckle colours, burned upon the mountain mists.
music
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From this reading The hour was very silent; the little towns and hamlets scattered beside Como, like clusters of white and rosy shells, dreamed on until thin music broke from their campaniles.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Bell answered bell and made a girdle of harmony about the lake, floating along the water and ascending aloft until no louder than the song of birds.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Far beneath a lofty hillside the world still slumbered and the Larian lake, a jewel of gold and turquoise, shone amid her flowery margins.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON GRIANTE Dawn had broken over Italy and morning, in honeysuckle colours, burned upon the mountain mists.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading ON GRIANTE Dawn had broken over Italy and morning, in honeysuckle colours, burned upon the mountain mists.
rosy
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From this reading The hour was very silent; the little towns and hamlets scattered beside Como, like clusters of white and rosy shells, dreamed on until thin music broke from their campaniles.
scattered
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From this reading The hour was very silent; the little towns and hamlets scattered beside Como, like clusters of white and rosy shells, dreamed on until thin music broke from their campaniles.
shells
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From this reading The hour was very silent; the little towns and hamlets scattered beside Como, like clusters of white and rosy shells, dreamed on until thin music broke from their campaniles.
shone
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From this reading Far beneath a lofty hillside the world still slumbered and the Larian lake, a jewel of gold and turquoise, shone amid her flowery margins.
silent
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From this reading The hour was very silent; the little towns and hamlets scattered beside Como, like clusters of white and rosy shells, dreamed on until thin music broke from their campaniles.
slumbered
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From this reading Far beneath a lofty hillside the world still slumbered and the Larian lake, a jewel of gold and turquoise, shone amid her flowery margins.
song
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From this reading Bell answered bell and made a girdle of harmony about the lake, floating along the water and ascending aloft until no louder than the song of birds.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Far beneath a lofty hillside the world still slumbered and the Larian lake, a jewel of gold and turquoise, shone amid her flowery margins.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Bell answered bell and made a girdle of harmony about the lake, floating along the water and ascending aloft until no louder than the song of birds.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON GRIANTE Dawn had broken over Italy and morning, in honeysuckle colours, burned upon the mountain mists.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The hour was very silent; the little towns and hamlets scattered beside Como, like clusters of white and rosy shells, dreamed on until thin music broke from their campaniles.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading The hour was very silent; the little towns and hamlets scattered beside Como, like clusters of white and rosy shells, dreamed on until thin music broke from their campaniles.
together
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From this reading Two women climbed together up the great acclivity of Griante.
towns
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From this reading The hour was very silent; the little towns and hamlets scattered beside Como, like clusters of white and rosy shells, dreamed on until thin music broke from their campaniles.
turquoise
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From this reading Far beneath a lofty hillside the world still slumbered and the Larian lake, a jewel of gold and turquoise, shone amid her flowery margins.
Two
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From this reading Two women climbed together up the great acclivity of Griante.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The hour was very silent; the little towns and hamlets scattered beside Como, like clusters of white and rosy shells, dreamed on until thin music broke from their campaniles.
up
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From this reading Two women climbed together up the great acclivity of Griante.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading ON GRIANTE Dawn had broken over Italy and morning, in honeysuckle colours, burned upon the mountain mists.
very
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From this reading The hour was very silent; the little towns and hamlets scattered beside Como, like clusters of white and rosy shells, dreamed on until thin music broke from their campaniles.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The hour was very silent; the little towns and hamlets scattered beside Como, like clusters of white and rosy shells, dreamed on until thin music broke from their campaniles.
water
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From this reading Bell answered bell and made a girdle of harmony about the lake, floating along the water and ascending aloft until no louder than the song of birds.
white
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From this reading The hour was very silent; the little towns and hamlets scattered beside Como, like clusters of white and rosy shells, dreamed on until thin music broke from their campaniles.
women
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From this reading Two women climbed together up the great acclivity of Griante.
world
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From this reading Far beneath a lofty hillside the world still slumbered and the Larian lake, a jewel of gold and turquoise, shone amid her flowery margins.
