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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 harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Inside, great folds of lace swept down in orderly cascades, as water trained to fall mathematically.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
blade
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From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
brownstone
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From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
building
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From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
cascades
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From this reading Inside, great folds of lace swept down in orderly cascades, as water trained to fall mathematically.
caught
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From this reading The colossal chandelier, gleaming like a Siamese headdress, caught the subtle flashes from unknown places.
certain
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From this reading He turned toward the door swiftly, with a certain dramatic impulsiveness.
chandelier
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From this reading The colossal chandelier, gleaming like a Siamese headdress, caught the subtle flashes from unknown places.
colossal
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From this reading The colossal chandelier, gleaming like a Siamese headdress, caught the subtle flashes from unknown places.
door
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From this reading He turned toward the door swiftly, with a certain dramatic impulsiveness.
down
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From this reading Inside, great folds of lace swept down in orderly cascades, as water trained to fall mathematically.
dramatic
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From this reading He turned toward the door swiftly, with a certain dramatic impulsiveness.
dress
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From this reading Hawker heard a step and the soft swishing of a woman's dress.
endless
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From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
fall
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From this reading Inside, great folds of lace swept down in orderly cascades, as water trained to fall mathematically.
flashes
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From this reading The colossal chandelier, gleaming like a Siamese headdress, caught the subtle flashes from unknown places.
folds
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From this reading Inside, great folds of lace swept down in orderly cascades, as water trained to fall mathematically.
forth
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From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The colossal chandelier, gleaming like a Siamese headdress, caught the subtle flashes from unknown places.
gleaming
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From this reading The colossal chandelier, gleaming like a Siamese headdress, caught the subtle flashes from unknown places.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Inside, great folds of lace swept down in orderly cascades, as water trained to fall mathematically.
green
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From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
harmony
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From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
Hawker
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From this reading Hawker heard a step and the soft swishing of a woman's dress.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He turned toward the door swiftly, with a certain dramatic impulsiveness.
headdress
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From this reading The colossal chandelier, gleaming like a Siamese headdress, caught the subtle flashes from unknown places.
heard
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From this reading Hawker heard a step and the soft swishing of a woman's dress.
impulsiveness
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From this reading He turned toward the door swiftly, with a certain dramatic impulsiveness.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Inside, great folds of lace swept down in orderly cascades, as water trained to fall mathematically.
Inside
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From this reading Inside, great folds of lace swept down in orderly cascades, as water trained to fall mathematically.
known
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From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
lace
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From this reading Inside, great folds of lace swept down in orderly cascades, as water trained to fall mathematically.
leaf
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From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
like
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From this reading The colossal chandelier, gleaming like a Siamese headdress, caught the subtle flashes from unknown places.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
mathematically
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From this reading Inside, great folds of lace swept down in orderly cascades, as water trained to fall mathematically.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
obviously
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From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
orderly
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From this reading Inside, great folds of lace swept down in orderly cascades, as water trained to fall mathematically.
places
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From this reading The colossal chandelier, gleaming like a Siamese headdress, caught the subtle flashes from unknown places.
poetry
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From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
prison
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From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
Siamese
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From this reading The colossal chandelier, gleaming like a Siamese headdress, caught the subtle flashes from unknown places.
soft
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From this reading Hawker heard a step and the soft swishing of a woman's dress.
stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hawker heard a step and the soft swishing of a woman's dress.
subtle
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From this reading The colossal chandelier, gleaming like a Siamese headdress, caught the subtle flashes from unknown places.
summer
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From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
sunlight
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From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
swept
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From this reading Inside, great folds of lace swept down in orderly cascades, as water trained to fall mathematically.
swiftly
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From this reading He turned toward the door swiftly, with a certain dramatic impulsiveness.
swishing
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From this reading Hawker heard a step and the soft swishing of a woman's dress.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
there
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From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading He turned toward the door swiftly, with a certain dramatic impulsiveness.
trained
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From this reading Inside, great folds of lace swept down in orderly cascades, as water trained to fall mathematically.
turned
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From this reading He turned toward the door swiftly, with a certain dramatic impulsiveness.
two
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From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
unknown
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From this reading The colossal chandelier, gleaming like a Siamese headdress, caught the subtle flashes from unknown places.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
water
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From this reading Inside, great folds of lace swept down in orderly cascades, as water trained to fall mathematically.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
windows
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From this reading The harmony of summer sunlight on leaf and blade of green was not known to the two windows, which looked forth at an obviously endless building of brownstone about which there was the poetry of a prison.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He turned toward the door swiftly, with a certain dramatic impulsiveness.
woman's
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From this reading Hawker heard a step and the soft swishing of a woman's dress.
