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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 F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Out of her Louisville earnings Mrs. Carter had managed to employ, for the several summer seasons she had been here, a gardener, who kept the sloping front lawn in seasonable flowers.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
BelowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Below, quite visible for a mile or more, moved the dusty, white road descending to Stroudsburg.
Berenice
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From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
camels
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From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
Carter
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From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
comfortable
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From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
Cowperwood
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From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
days
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From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
descending
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From this reading Below, quite visible for a mile or more, moved the dusty, white road descending to Stroudsburg.
distance
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From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
dusty
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From this reading Below, quite visible for a mile or more, moved the dusty, white road descending to Stroudsburg.
earnings
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From this reading Out of her Louisville earnings Mrs. Carter had managed to employ, for the several summer seasons she had been here, a gardener, who kept the sloping front lawn in seasonable flowers.
eighteen
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From this reading The humps of the hills--some of them as high as eighteen hundred feet--rose stately and green.
elephants
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From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
employ
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From this reading Out of her Louisville earnings Mrs. Carter had managed to employ, for the several summer seasons she had been here, a gardener, who kept the sloping front lawn in seasonable flowers.
encounter
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From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
explaining
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From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
F
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From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
feet
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From this reading The humps of the hills--some of them as high as eighteen hundred feet--rose stately and green.
few
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From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
flowers
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From this reading Out of her Louisville earnings Mrs. Carter had managed to employ, for the several summer seasons she had been here, a gardener, who kept the sloping front lawn in seasonable flowers.
fond
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From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
front
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From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
gardener
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From this reading Out of her Louisville earnings Mrs. Carter had managed to employ, for the several summer seasons she had been here, a gardener, who kept the sloping front lawn in seasonable flowers.
green
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From this reading The humps of the hills--some of them as high as eighteen hundred feet--rose stately and green.
Guardian
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From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Out of her Louisville earnings Mrs. Carter had managed to employ, for the several summer seasons she had been here, a gardener, who kept the sloping front lawn in seasonable flowers.
high
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From this reading The humps of the hills--some of them as high as eighteen hundred feet--rose stately and green.
hills
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From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
home
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From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
humps
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From this reading The humps of the hills--some of them as high as eighteen hundred feet--rose stately and green.
hundred
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From this reading The humps of the hills--some of them as high as eighteen hundred feet--rose stately and green.
idyllic
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From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
juxtaposition
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From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
kept
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From this reading Out of her Louisville earnings Mrs. Carter had managed to employ, for the several summer seasons she had been here, a gardener, who kept the sloping front lawn in seasonable flowers.
lawn
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From this reading Out of her Louisville earnings Mrs. Carter had managed to employ, for the several summer seasons she had been here, a gardener, who kept the sloping front lawn in seasonable flowers.
Louisville
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From this reading Out of her Louisville earnings Mrs. Carter had managed to employ, for the several summer seasons she had been here, a gardener, who kept the sloping front lawn in seasonable flowers.
managed
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From this reading Out of her Louisville earnings Mrs. Carter had managed to employ, for the several summer seasons she had been here, a gardener, who kept the sloping front lawn in seasonable flowers.
mile
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From this reading Below, quite visible for a mile or more, moved the dusty, white road descending to Stroudsburg.
miles
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From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
more
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From this reading Below, quite visible for a mile or more, moved the dusty, white road descending to Stroudsburg.
Mountains
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From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
mountainside
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From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
moved
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From this reading Below, quite visible for a mile or more, moved the dusty, white road descending to Stroudsburg.
Mrs
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From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
only
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From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Below, quite visible for a mile or more, moved the dusty, white road descending to Stroudsburg.
Out
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From this reading Out of her Louisville earnings Mrs. Carter had managed to employ, for the several summer seasons she had been here, a gardener, who kept the sloping front lawn in seasonable flowers.
parading
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From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
peculiar
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From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
Pocono
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From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Below, quite visible for a mile or more, moved the dusty, white road descending to Stroudsburg.
recesses
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From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
region
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From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
road
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From this reading Below, quite visible for a mile or more, moved the dusty, white road descending to Stroudsburg.
rose
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From this reading The humps of the hills--some of them as high as eighteen hundred feet--rose stately and green.
saw
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From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
seasonable
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From this reading Out of her Louisville earnings Mrs. Carter had managed to employ, for the several summer seasons she had been here, a gardener, who kept the sloping front lawn in seasonable flowers.
seasons
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From this reading Out of her Louisville earnings Mrs. Carter had managed to employ, for the several summer seasons she had been here, a gardener, who kept the sloping front lawn in seasonable flowers.
several
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From this reading Out of her Louisville earnings Mrs. Carter had managed to employ, for the several summer seasons she had been here, a gardener, who kept the sloping front lawn in seasonable flowers.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Out of her Louisville earnings Mrs. Carter had managed to employ, for the several summer seasons she had been here, a gardener, who kept the sloping front lawn in seasonable flowers.
sloping
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From this reading Out of her Louisville earnings Mrs. Carter had managed to employ, for the several summer seasons she had been here, a gardener, who kept the sloping front lawn in seasonable flowers.
some
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From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
spot
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From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
stately
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From this reading The humps of the hills--some of them as high as eighteen hundred feet--rose stately and green.
Stroudsburg
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From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
summer
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From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The humps of the hills--some of them as high as eighteen hundred feet--rose stately and green.
then
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From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
three
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From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Below, quite visible for a mile or more, moved the dusty, white road descending to Stroudsburg.
veranda
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From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
visible
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From this reading Below, quite visible for a mile or more, moved the dusty, white road descending to Stroudsburg.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading F. A. Cowperwood, Guardian It was some time after this first encounter before Cowperwood saw Berenice again, and then only for a few days in that region of the Pocono Mountains where Mrs. Carter had her summer home.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was an idyllic spot on a mountainside, some three miles from Stroudsburg, among a peculiar juxtaposition of hills which, from the comfortable recesses of a front veranda, had the appearance, as Mrs. Carter was fond of explaining, of elephants and camels parading in the distance.
white
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From this reading Below, quite visible for a mile or more, moved the dusty, white road descending to Stroudsburg.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Out of her Louisville earnings Mrs. Carter had managed to employ, for the several summer seasons she had been here, a gardener, who kept the sloping front lawn in seasonable flowers.
