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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 After the escape of Julius Roscoe time held to a tranquil pace in the placidities of the storm centre.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After the escape of Julius Roscoe time held to a tranquil pace in the placidities of the storm centre.
air
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From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
all
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From this reading And all the panorama of troops, and forts, and camps, and cannon might be some magnificent military spectacle, so remote seemed the war--so unreal.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The rose-red dawns burst into bloom and the days flowered whitely, full of fragrance and singing birds, of loitering sunshine and light-winged breezes.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And all the panorama of troops, and forts, and camps, and cannon might be some magnificent military spectacle, so remote seemed the war--so unreal.
birds
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From this reading The rose-red dawns burst into bloom and the days flowered whitely, full of fragrance and singing birds, of loitering sunshine and light-winged breezes.
bloom
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From this reading The rose-red dawns burst into bloom and the days flowered whitely, full of fragrance and singing birds, of loitering sunshine and light-winged breezes.
blue
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From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
breezes
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From this reading The rose-red dawns burst into bloom and the days flowered whitely, full of fragrance and singing birds, of loitering sunshine and light-winged breezes.
bugle's
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From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
burst
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From this reading The rose-red dawns burst into bloom and the days flowered whitely, full of fragrance and singing birds, of loitering sunshine and light-winged breezes.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading One by one the still noons glowed and glistered, expanding into summer radiance, and dulled gradually to the mellow splendors of the sunset.
camps
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From this reading And all the panorama of troops, and forts, and camps, and cannon might be some magnificent military spectacle, so remote seemed the war--so unreal.
cannon
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From this reading And all the panorama of troops, and forts, and camps, and cannon might be some magnificent military spectacle, so remote seemed the war--so unreal.
centre
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From this reading After the escape of Julius Roscoe time held to a tranquil pace in the placidities of the storm centre.
dawns
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From this reading The rose-red dawns burst into bloom and the days flowered whitely, full of fragrance and singing birds, of loitering sunshine and light-winged breezes.
days
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From this reading The rose-red dawns burst into bloom and the days flowered whitely, full of fragrance and singing birds, of loitering sunshine and light-winged breezes.
dulled
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From this reading One by one the still noons glowed and glistered, expanding into summer radiance, and dulled gradually to the mellow splendors of the sunset.
dusk
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From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
escape
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From this reading After the escape of Julius Roscoe time held to a tranquil pace in the placidities of the storm centre.
expanding
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From this reading One by one the still noons glowed and glistered, expanding into summer radiance, and dulled gradually to the mellow splendors of the sunset.
far-away
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From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
fell
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From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
flowered
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From this reading The rose-red dawns burst into bloom and the days flowered whitely, full of fragrance and singing birds, of loitering sunshine and light-winged breezes.
forts
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From this reading And all the panorama of troops, and forts, and camps, and cannon might be some magnificent military spectacle, so remote seemed the war--so unreal.
fragrance
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From this reading The rose-red dawns burst into bloom and the days flowered whitely, full of fragrance and singing birds, of loitering sunshine and light-winged breezes.
full
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From this reading The rose-red dawns burst into bloom and the days flowered whitely, full of fragrance and singing birds, of loitering sunshine and light-winged breezes.
glistered
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From this reading One by one the still noons glowed and glistered, expanding into summer radiance, and dulled gradually to the mellow splendors of the sunset.
glowed
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From this reading One by one the still noons glowed and glistered, expanding into summer radiance, and dulled gradually to the mellow splendors of the sunset.
gradually
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From this reading One by one the still noons glowed and glistered, expanding into summer radiance, and dulled gradually to the mellow splendors of the sunset.
hand
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From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
held
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From this reading After the escape of Julius Roscoe time held to a tranquil pace in the placidities of the storm centre.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading After the escape of Julius Roscoe time held to a tranquil pace in the placidities of the storm centre.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The rose-red dawns burst into bloom and the days flowered whitely, full of fragrance and singing birds, of loitering sunshine and light-winged breezes.
Julius
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From this reading After the escape of Julius Roscoe time held to a tranquil pace in the placidities of the storm centre.
leapingnounUS /ˈleaping/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
light-winged
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From this reading The rose-red dawns burst into bloom and the days flowered whitely, full of fragrance and singing birds, of loitering sunshine and light-winged breezes.
like
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From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
loiteringverbUS /ˈlɔɪtərɪŋ/
standing or moving slowly without a clear purpose
From this reading The rose-red dawns burst into bloom and the days flowered whitely, full of fragrance and singing birds, of loitering sunshine and light-winged breezes.
magnificent
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From this reading And all the panorama of troops, and forts, and camps, and cannon might be some magnificent military spectacle, so remote seemed the war--so unreal.
mellow
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From this reading One by one the still noons glowed and glistered, expanding into summer radiance, and dulled gradually to the mellow splendors of the sunset.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading And all the panorama of troops, and forts, and camps, and cannon might be some magnificent military spectacle, so remote seemed the war--so unreal.
military
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From this reading And all the panorama of troops, and forts, and camps, and cannon might be some magnificent military spectacle, so remote seemed the war--so unreal.
mountains
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From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
nearer
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From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
noons
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From this reading One by one the still noons glowed and glistered, expanding into summer radiance, and dulled gradually to the mellow splendors of the sunset.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading After the escape of Julius Roscoe time held to a tranquil pace in the placidities of the storm centre.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One by one the still noons glowed and glistered, expanding into summer radiance, and dulled gradually to the mellow splendors of the sunset.
pace
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From this reading After the escape of Julius Roscoe time held to a tranquil pace in the placidities of the storm centre.
panorama
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From this reading And all the panorama of troops, and forts, and camps, and cannon might be some magnificent military spectacle, so remote seemed the war--so unreal.
placidities
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From this reading After the escape of Julius Roscoe time held to a tranquil pace in the placidities of the storm centre.
radiance
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From this reading One by one the still noons glowed and glistered, expanding into summer radiance, and dulled gradually to the mellow splendors of the sunset.
remote
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From this reading And all the panorama of troops, and forts, and camps, and cannon might be some magnificent military spectacle, so remote seemed the war--so unreal.
Roscoe
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From this reading After the escape of Julius Roscoe time held to a tranquil pace in the placidities of the storm centre.
rose-red
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From this reading The rose-red dawns burst into bloom and the days flowered whitely, full of fragrance and singing birds, of loitering sunshine and light-winged breezes.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And all the panorama of troops, and forts, and camps, and cannon might be some magnificent military spectacle, so remote seemed the war--so unreal.
serene
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From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
singing
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From this reading The rose-red dawns burst into bloom and the days flowered whitely, full of fragrance and singing birds, of loitering sunshine and light-winged breezes.
sky
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From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And all the panorama of troops, and forts, and camps, and cannon might be some magnificent military spectacle, so remote seemed the war--so unreal.
some
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From this reading And all the panorama of troops, and forts, and camps, and cannon might be some magnificent military spectacle, so remote seemed the war--so unreal.
sound
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From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
spectacle
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From this reading And all the panorama of troops, and forts, and camps, and cannon might be some magnificent military spectacle, so remote seemed the war--so unreal.
splendorsplural nounUS /ˈsplendərz/
impressive and beautiful signs of wealth or importance
From this reading One by one the still noons glowed and glistered, expanding into summer radiance, and dulled gradually to the mellow splendors of the sunset.
star
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From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One by one the still noons glowed and glistered, expanding into summer radiance, and dulled gradually to the mellow splendors of the sunset.
storm
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From this reading After the escape of Julius Roscoe time held to a tranquil pace in the placidities of the storm centre.
strain
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From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
summer
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From this reading One by one the still noons glowed and glistered, expanding into summer radiance, and dulled gradually to the mellow splendors of the sunset.
sunset
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From this reading One by one the still noons glowed and glistered, expanding into summer radiance, and dulled gradually to the mellow splendors of the sunset.
sunshine
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From this reading The rose-red dawns burst into bloom and the days flowered whitely, full of fragrance and singing birds, of loitering sunshine and light-winged breezes.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading After the escape of Julius Roscoe time held to a tranquil pace in the placidities of the storm centre.
Then
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From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After the escape of Julius Roscoe time held to a tranquil pace in the placidities of the storm centre.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading After the escape of Julius Roscoe time held to a tranquil pace in the placidities of the storm centre.
tranquil
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From this reading After the escape of Julius Roscoe time held to a tranquil pace in the placidities of the storm centre.
troops
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From this reading And all the panorama of troops, and forts, and camps, and cannon might be some magnificent military spectacle, so remote seemed the war--so unreal.
unreal
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From this reading And all the panorama of troops, and forts, and camps, and cannon might be some magnificent military spectacle, so remote seemed the war--so unreal.
violet
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From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
vivified
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From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
war
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From this reading And all the panorama of troops, and forts, and camps, and cannon might be some magnificent military spectacle, so remote seemed the war--so unreal.
white
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From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
whitely
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From this reading The rose-red dawns burst into bloom and the days flowered whitely, full of fragrance and singing birds, of loitering sunshine and light-winged breezes.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then fell the serene dusk, blue on the far-away mountains, violet nearer at hand, with a white star in the sky, and a bugle's strain leaping into the air like a thing of life, a vivified sound.
