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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 MESS-ROOM AT TRALEE If England had made of Ireland a desert and called it peace, she had not marred its beauty.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE MESS-ROOM AT TRALEE If England had made of Ireland a desert and called it peace, she had not marred its beauty.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
ascended
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From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE MESS-ROOM AT TRALEE If England had made of Ireland a desert and called it peace, she had not marred its beauty.
attuned
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From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
Bale
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From this reading Bale rode behind him, taciturn, comparing, perhaps, the folds of his native Suffolk hills with these greener vales.
beauty
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become
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Bale rode behind him, taciturn, comparing, perhaps, the folds of his native Suffolk hills with these greener vales.
bidden
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
big
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
birds
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
biting
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
bog-stream
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
boyhood
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
brown
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
called
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cliff
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
Colonel
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From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
comparing
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From this reading Bale rode behind him, taciturn, comparing, perhaps, the folds of his native Suffolk hills with these greener vales.
crags
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From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
defiance
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
desert
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From this reading THE MESS-ROOM AT TRALEE If England had made of Ireland a desert and called it peace, she had not marred its beauty.
died
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
dipped
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From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
dog-wolf
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
eastward
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From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
emotion
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
England
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From this reading THE MESS-ROOM AT TRALEE If England had made of Ireland a desert and called it peace, she had not marred its beauty.
fable
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
fantastic
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From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
far
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From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
folds
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From this reading Bale rode behind him, taciturn, comparing, perhaps, the folds of his native Suffolk hills with these greener vales.
forded
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
freshness
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From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
greener
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From this reading Bale rode behind him, taciturn, comparing, perhaps, the folds of his native Suffolk hills with these greener vales.
grey
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From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE MESS-ROOM AT TRALEE If England had made of Ireland a desert and called it peace, she had not marred its beauty.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
heads
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From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
high
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From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
hills
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From this reading Bale rode behind him, taciturn, comparing, perhaps, the folds of his native Suffolk hills with these greener vales.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading THE MESS-ROOM AT TRALEE If England had made of Ireland a desert and called it peace, she had not marred its beauty.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
inlet
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From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
Ireland
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From this reading THE MESS-ROOM AT TRALEE If England had made of Ireland a desert and called it peace, she had not marred its beauty.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE MESS-ROOM AT TRALEE If England had made of Ireland a desert and called it peace, she had not marred its beauty.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading THE MESS-ROOM AT TRALEE If England had made of Ireland a desert and called it peace, she had not marred its beauty.
known
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
lark
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From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
long-shanked
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
lower
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From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
made
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From this reading THE MESS-ROOM AT TRALEE If England had made of Ireland a desert and called it peace, she had not marred its beauty.
marked
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
marred
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From this reading THE MESS-ROOM AT TRALEE If England had made of Ireland a desert and called it peace, she had not marred its beauty.
MESS-ROOM
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From this reading THE MESS-ROOM AT TRALEE If England had made of Ireland a desert and called it peace, she had not marred its beauty.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
Mish
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From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
monstrous
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From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
mountain
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From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
nag
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
native
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From this reading Bale rode behind him, taciturn, comparing, perhaps, the folds of his native Suffolk hills with these greener vales.
nest
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
new-born
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From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE MESS-ROOM AT TRALEE If England had made of Ireland a desert and called it peace, she had not marred its beauty.
now
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From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE MESS-ROOM AT TRALEE If England had made of Ireland a desert and called it peace, she had not marred its beauty.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
peace
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From this reading THE MESS-ROOM AT TRALEE If England had made of Ireland a desert and called it peace, she had not marred its beauty.
perhaps
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From this reading Bale rode behind him, taciturn, comparing, perhaps, the folds of his native Suffolk hills with these greener vales.
pools
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
radiance
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From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
ran
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From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
rising
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From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
road
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From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
rode
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From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
rose
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
saluting
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From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
sea-eagle's
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
shallow
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
shapes
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From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE MESS-ROOM AT TRALEE If England had made of Ireland a desert and called it peace, she had not marred its beauty.
side
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From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
silently
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
Slieve
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From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
slopes
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From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
smooth
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From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
song
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From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
southward
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From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
sparkling
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From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
spots
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
spread
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From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
spurs
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From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
strange
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From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
Suffolk
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From this reading Bale rode behind him, taciturn, comparing, perhaps, the folds of his native Suffolk hills with these greener vales.
Sullivan's
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From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
sun
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From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
sure-footed
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From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
taciturn
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From this reading Bale rode behind him, taciturn, comparing, perhaps, the folds of his native Suffolk hills with these greener vales.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MESS-ROOM AT TRALEE If England had made of Ireland a desert and called it peace, she had not marred its beauty.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Bale rode behind him, taciturn, comparing, perhaps, the folds of his native Suffolk hills with these greener vales.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
towers
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From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
tracknounUS /træk/
a route or signs showing the way someone went
From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
TRALEE
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From this reading THE MESS-ROOM AT TRALEE If England had made of Ireland a desert and called it peace, she had not marred its beauty.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
up
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From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
vales
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From this reading Bale rode behind him, taciturn, comparing, perhaps, the folds of his native Suffolk hills with these greener vales.
viewed
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From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
whenceadverbUS /wens/
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading As his sure-footed nag forded the brown bog-stream, long-shanked birds rose silently from the pools, and he marked with emotion the spots his boyhood had known: the shallow where the dog-wolf--so big that it had become a fable--died biting, and the cliff whence the sea-eagle's nest had long bidden him defiance.
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Where his road ascended he viewed the sparkling inlet spread far to the southward; and where the track dipped, the smooth slopes on either side ran up to grey crags that, high above, took strange shapes, now of monstrous heads, now of fantastic towers.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading That was the thought in Colonel Sullivan's mind as he rode eastward under Slieve Mish, with the sun rising above the lower spurs of the mountain, and the lark saluting the new-born radiance with a song attuned to the freshness of the morning.
