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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 Across the town, we saw presently a pale glimmer in the eastern sky.
AcrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Across the town, we saw presently a pale glimmer in the eastern sky.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Standing on the parapet of our bastion roof, Edwards and I gazed out into the blackness which preceded dawn.
away
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From this reading We watched the light gradually spreading upwards; then, turning, we looked westward, where the outline of a low range of hills, a little more than a mile away, bounded the view.
bastion
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From this reading Standing on the parapet of our bastion roof, Edwards and I gazed out into the blackness which preceded dawn.
blackness
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From this reading Standing on the parapet of our bastion roof, Edwards and I gazed out into the blackness which preceded dawn.
bounded
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From this reading We watched the light gradually spreading upwards; then, turning, we looked westward, where the outline of a low range of hills, a little more than a mile away, bounded the view.
breaking
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From this reading Day was breaking.
BURST
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From this reading THE BURST OF THE STORM.
dawn
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From this reading Standing on the parapet of our bastion roof, Edwards and I gazed out into the blackness which preceded dawn.
Day
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From this reading Day was breaking.
eastern
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From this reading Across the town, we saw presently a pale glimmer in the eastern sky.
Edwards
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From this reading Standing on the parapet of our bastion roof, Edwards and I gazed out into the blackness which preceded dawn.
gazed
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From this reading Standing on the parapet of our bastion roof, Edwards and I gazed out into the blackness which preceded dawn.
glimmer
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From this reading Across the town, we saw presently a pale glimmer in the eastern sky.
gradually
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From this reading We watched the light gradually spreading upwards; then, turning, we looked westward, where the outline of a low range of hills, a little more than a mile away, bounded the view.
hills
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From this reading We watched the light gradually spreading upwards; then, turning, we looked westward, where the outline of a low range of hills, a little more than a mile away, bounded the view.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Standing on the parapet of our bastion roof, Edwards and I gazed out into the blackness which preceded dawn.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Across the town, we saw presently a pale glimmer in the eastern sky.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Standing on the parapet of our bastion roof, Edwards and I gazed out into the blackness which preceded dawn.
light
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From this reading We watched the light gradually spreading upwards; then, turning, we looked westward, where the outline of a low range of hills, a little more than a mile away, bounded the view.
little
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From this reading We watched the light gradually spreading upwards; then, turning, we looked westward, where the outline of a low range of hills, a little more than a mile away, bounded the view.
looked
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From this reading We watched the light gradually spreading upwards; then, turning, we looked westward, where the outline of a low range of hills, a little more than a mile away, bounded the view.
low
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From this reading We watched the light gradually spreading upwards; then, turning, we looked westward, where the outline of a low range of hills, a little more than a mile away, bounded the view.
mile
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From this reading We watched the light gradually spreading upwards; then, turning, we looked westward, where the outline of a low range of hills, a little more than a mile away, bounded the view.
more
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From this reading We watched the light gradually spreading upwards; then, turning, we looked westward, where the outline of a low range of hills, a little more than a mile away, bounded the view.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BURST OF THE STORM.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Standing on the parapet of our bastion roof, Edwards and I gazed out into the blackness which preceded dawn.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Standing on the parapet of our bastion roof, Edwards and I gazed out into the blackness which preceded dawn.
out
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From this reading Standing on the parapet of our bastion roof, Edwards and I gazed out into the blackness which preceded dawn.
outline
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From this reading We watched the light gradually spreading upwards; then, turning, we looked westward, where the outline of a low range of hills, a little more than a mile away, bounded the view.
pale
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From this reading Across the town, we saw presently a pale glimmer in the eastern sky.
parapet
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From this reading Standing on the parapet of our bastion roof, Edwards and I gazed out into the blackness which preceded dawn.
preceded
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From this reading Standing on the parapet of our bastion roof, Edwards and I gazed out into the blackness which preceded dawn.
presently
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From this reading Across the town, we saw presently a pale glimmer in the eastern sky.
range
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From this reading We watched the light gradually spreading upwards; then, turning, we looked westward, where the outline of a low range of hills, a little more than a mile away, bounded the view.
roof
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From this reading Standing on the parapet of our bastion roof, Edwards and I gazed out into the blackness which preceded dawn.
saw
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From this reading Across the town, we saw presently a pale glimmer in the eastern sky.
sky
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From this reading Across the town, we saw presently a pale glimmer in the eastern sky.
spreading
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From this reading We watched the light gradually spreading upwards; then, turning, we looked westward, where the outline of a low range of hills, a little more than a mile away, bounded the view.
Standing
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From this reading Standing on the parapet of our bastion roof, Edwards and I gazed out into the blackness which preceded dawn.
STORM
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From this reading THE BURST OF THE STORM.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading We watched the light gradually spreading upwards; then, turning, we looked westward, where the outline of a low range of hills, a little more than a mile away, bounded the view.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BURST OF THE STORM.
then
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From this reading We watched the light gradually spreading upwards; then, turning, we looked westward, where the outline of a low range of hills, a little more than a mile away, bounded the view.
town
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From this reading Across the town, we saw presently a pale glimmer in the eastern sky.
turning
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From this reading We watched the light gradually spreading upwards; then, turning, we looked westward, where the outline of a low range of hills, a little more than a mile away, bounded the view.
upwards
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From this reading We watched the light gradually spreading upwards; then, turning, we looked westward, where the outline of a low range of hills, a little more than a mile away, bounded the view.
view
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From this reading We watched the light gradually spreading upwards; then, turning, we looked westward, where the outline of a low range of hills, a little more than a mile away, bounded the view.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Day was breaking.
watched
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From this reading We watched the light gradually spreading upwards; then, turning, we looked westward, where the outline of a low range of hills, a little more than a mile away, bounded the view.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Across the town, we saw presently a pale glimmer in the eastern sky.
westward
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From this reading We watched the light gradually spreading upwards; then, turning, we looked westward, where the outline of a low range of hills, a little more than a mile away, bounded the view.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading We watched the light gradually spreading upwards; then, turning, we looked westward, where the outline of a low range of hills, a little more than a mile away, bounded the view.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Standing on the parapet of our bastion roof, Edwards and I gazed out into the blackness which preceded dawn.
