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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 moonbeams came through two deep and narrow windows, and showed a spacious chamber, richly furnished in an antique fashion.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading But, how quietly the slumberer lay! how pale his features! and how like a shroud the sheet was wound about his frame!
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The moonbeams came through two deep and narrow windows, and showed a spacious chamber, richly furnished in an antique fashion.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The moonbeams came through two deep and narrow windows, and showed a spacious chamber, richly furnished in an antique fashion.
antique
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From this reading The moonbeams came through two deep and narrow windows, and showed a spacious chamber, richly furnished in an antique fashion.
bed
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From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
burial-clothes
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From this reading Yes; it was a corpse, in its burial-clothes.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, how quietly the slumberer lay! how pale his features! and how like a shroud the sheet was wound about his frame!
came
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From this reading The moonbeams came through two deep and narrow windows, and showed a spacious chamber, richly furnished in an antique fashion.
chamber
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From this reading The moonbeams came through two deep and narrow windows, and showed a spacious chamber, richly furnished in an antique fashion.
corpse
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From this reading Yes; it was a corpse, in its burial-clothes.
curtains
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From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
dark
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From this reading Suddenly, the fixed features seemed to move, with dark emotion.
deep
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From this reading The moonbeams came through two deep and narrow windows, and showed a spacious chamber, richly furnished in an antique fashion.
diamond
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From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
emotion
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From this reading Suddenly, the fixed features seemed to move, with dark emotion.
face
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From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
falling
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From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
fashion
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From this reading The moonbeams came through two deep and narrow windows, and showed a spacious chamber, richly furnished in an antique fashion.
features
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From this reading But, how quietly the slumberer lay! how pale his features! and how like a shroud the sheet was wound about his frame!
fixed
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From this reading Suddenly, the fixed features seemed to move, with dark emotion.
floor
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From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
frame
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From this reading But, how quietly the slumberer lay! how pale his features! and how like a shroud the sheet was wound about his frame!
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
furnished
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From this reading The moonbeams came through two deep and narrow windows, and showed a spacious chamber, richly furnished in an antique fashion.
ghostly
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From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
heavy
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From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But, how quietly the slumberer lay! how pale his features! and how like a shroud the sheet was wound about his frame!
how
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From this reading But, how quietly the slumberer lay! how pale his features! and how like a shroud the sheet was wound about his frame!
illuminating
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From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The moonbeams came through two deep and narrow windows, and showed a spacious chamber, richly furnished in an antique fashion.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Yes; it was a corpse, in its burial-clothes.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Yes; it was a corpse, in its burial-clothes.
lattice
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From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
lay
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From this reading But, how quietly the slumberer lay! how pale his features! and how like a shroud the sheet was wound about his frame!
light
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From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
like
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From this reading But, how quietly the slumberer lay! how pale his features! and how like a shroud the sheet was wound about his frame!
man
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From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
moonbeams
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From this reading The moonbeams came through two deep and narrow windows, and showed a spacious chamber, richly furnished in an antique fashion.
move
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From this reading Suddenly, the fixed features seemed to move, with dark emotion.
narrow
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From this reading The moonbeams came through two deep and narrow windows, and showed a spacious chamber, richly furnished in an antique fashion.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
other
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From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
pale
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From this reading But, how quietly the slumberer lay! how pale his features! and how like a shroud the sheet was wound about his frame!
panes
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From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
quietly
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From this reading But, how quietly the slumberer lay! how pale his features! and how like a shroud the sheet was wound about his frame!
richly
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From this reading The moonbeams came through two deep and narrow windows, and showed a spacious chamber, richly furnished in an antique fashion.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Suddenly, the fixed features seemed to move, with dark emotion.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
sheet
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From this reading But, how quietly the slumberer lay! how pale his features! and how like a shroud the sheet was wound about his frame!
showed
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From this reading The moonbeams came through two deep and narrow windows, and showed a spacious chamber, richly furnished in an antique fashion.
shroud
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From this reading But, how quietly the slumberer lay! how pale his features! and how like a shroud the sheet was wound about his frame!
silken
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From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
slept
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From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
slumberer
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From this reading But, how quietly the slumberer lay! how pale his features! and how like a shroud the sheet was wound about his frame!
spacious
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From this reading The moonbeams came through two deep and narrow windows, and showed a spacious chamber, richly furnished in an antique fashion.
SuddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Suddenly, the fixed features seemed to move, with dark emotion.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The moonbeams came through two deep and narrow windows, and showed a spacious chamber, richly furnished in an antique fashion.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The moonbeams came through two deep and narrow windows, and showed a spacious chamber, richly furnished in an antique fashion.
thrown
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From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Suddenly, the fixed features seemed to move, with dark emotion.
two
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From this reading The moonbeams came through two deep and narrow windows, and showed a spacious chamber, richly furnished in an antique fashion.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
windows
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From this reading The moonbeams came through two deep and narrow windows, and showed a spacious chamber, richly furnished in an antique fashion.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Suddenly, the fixed features seemed to move, with dark emotion.
wound
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From this reading But, how quietly the slumberer lay! how pale his features! and how like a shroud the sheet was wound about his frame!
Yes
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From this reading Yes; it was a corpse, in its burial-clothes.
young
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From this reading From one lattice, the shadow of the diamond panes was thrown upon the floor; the ghostly light, through the other, slept upon a bed, falling between the heavy silken curtains, and illuminating the face of a young man.
