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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 A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
Bascombe
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From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Helen too was silent: she felt as if the low red sun, straight into which they seemed to be riding, blotted out her being in the level torrent of his usurping radiance.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
begged
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From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Helen too was silent: she felt as if the low red sun, straight into which they seemed to be riding, blotted out her being in the level torrent of his usurping radiance.
blotted
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From this reading Helen too was silent: she felt as if the low red sun, straight into which they seemed to be riding, blotted out her being in the level torrent of his usurping radiance.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
cigar
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From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
evening
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From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
felt
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From this reading Helen too was silent: she felt as if the low red sun, straight into which they seemed to be riding, blotted out her being in the level torrent of his usurping radiance.
filled
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From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
finish
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From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
gate
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From this reading Neither of them spoke a word until they had passed through the gate into the park.
George
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From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
golden
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From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
heart
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From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
Helen
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From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Helen too was silent: she felt as if the low red sun, straight into which they seemed to be riding, blotted out her being in the level torrent of his usurping radiance.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
horses
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From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Helen too was silent: she felt as if the low red sun, straight into which they seemed to be riding, blotted out her being in the level torrent of his usurping radiance.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
influence
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From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
instant
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From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Helen too was silent: she felt as if the low red sun, straight into which they seemed to be riding, blotted out her being in the level torrent of his usurping radiance.
issuing
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From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
level
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From this reading Helen too was silent: she felt as if the low red sun, straight into which they seemed to be riding, blotted out her being in the level torrent of his usurping radiance.
low
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From this reading Helen too was silent: she felt as if the low red sun, straight into which they seemed to be riding, blotted out her being in the level torrent of his usurping radiance.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
met
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From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
momentary
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From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
NeitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Neither of them spoke a word until they had passed through the gate into the park.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
out
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From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
own
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From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
park
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From this reading Neither of them spoke a word until they had passed through the gate into the park.
park-gate
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From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Neither of them spoke a word until they had passed through the gate into the park.
prevailed
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From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
radiance
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From this reading Helen too was silent: she felt as if the low red sun, straight into which they seemed to be riding, blotted out her being in the level torrent of his usurping radiance.
red
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From this reading Helen too was silent: she felt as if the low red sun, straight into which they seemed to be riding, blotted out her being in the level torrent of his usurping radiance.
RIDE
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From this reading THE RIDE.
riding
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From this reading Helen too was silent: she felt as if the low red sun, straight into which they seemed to be riding, blotted out her being in the level torrent of his usurping radiance.
roses
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From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Helen too was silent: she felt as if the low red sun, straight into which they seemed to be riding, blotted out her being in the level torrent of his usurping radiance.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Helen too was silent: she felt as if the low red sun, straight into which they seemed to be riding, blotted out her being in the level torrent of his usurping radiance.
silencing
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From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
silent
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From this reading Helen too was silent: she felt as if the low red sun, straight into which they seemed to be riding, blotted out her being in the level torrent of his usurping radiance.
soft
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From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
SomethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
soul
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From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
spoke
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From this reading Neither of them spoke a word until they had passed through the gate into the park.
straight
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From this reading Helen too was silent: she felt as if the low red sun, straight into which they seemed to be riding, blotted out her being in the level torrent of his usurping radiance.
street
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From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
sun
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From this reading Helen too was silent: she felt as if the low red sun, straight into which they seemed to be riding, blotted out her being in the level torrent of his usurping radiance.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE RIDE.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Neither of them spoke a word until they had passed through the gate into the park.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
too
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From this reading Helen too was silent: she felt as if the low red sun, straight into which they seemed to be riding, blotted out her being in the level torrent of his usurping radiance.
torrent
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From this reading Helen too was silent: she felt as if the low red sun, straight into which they seemed to be riding, blotted out her being in the level torrent of his usurping radiance.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
turned
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From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Neither of them spoke a word until they had passed through the gate into the park.
usurping
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From this reading Helen too was silent: she felt as if the low red sun, straight into which they seemed to be riding, blotted out her being in the level torrent of his usurping radiance.
vase
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From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
walking
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From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
west
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From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Something--was it in the evening, or was it in his own soul?--had prevailed to the momentary silencing of George Bascombe:--it may have been but the influence of the cigar which Helen had begged him to finish.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A soft west wind, issuing as from the heart of a golden vase filled with roses, met them the instant they turned out of the street, walking their horses towards the park-gate.
word
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From this reading Neither of them spoke a word until they had passed through the gate into the park.
