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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 stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The river sparkled and shone; from the fresh green banks came the smell of the woods and the song of birds; above rose the sky, bright blue, with a few fleecy clouds drifting across it.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The river sparkled and shone; from the fresh green banks came the smell of the woods and the song of birds; above rose the sky, bright blue, with a few fleecy clouds drifting across it.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading MINE are not dicers' oaths.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
bank
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From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
banks
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From this reading The river sparkled and shone; from the fresh green banks came the smell of the woods and the song of birds; above rose the sky, bright blue, with a few fleecy clouds drifting across it.
birds
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From this reading The river sparkled and shone; from the fresh green banks came the smell of the woods and the song of birds; above rose the sky, bright blue, with a few fleecy clouds drifting across it.
blue
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From this reading The river sparkled and shone; from the fresh green banks came the smell of the woods and the song of birds; above rose the sky, bright blue, with a few fleecy clouds drifting across it.
boat
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From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
bright
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From this reading The river sparkled and shone; from the fresh green banks came the smell of the woods and the song of birds; above rose the sky, bright blue, with a few fleecy clouds drifting across it.
broad
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From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
came
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From this reading The river sparkled and shone; from the fresh green banks came the smell of the woods and the song of birds; above rose the sky, bright blue, with a few fleecy clouds drifting across it.
clouds
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From this reading The river sparkled and shone; from the fresh green banks came the smell of the woods and the song of birds; above rose the sky, bright blue, with a few fleecy clouds drifting across it.
Diccon
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From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
dicers
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From this reading MINE are not dicers' oaths.
down
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From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
drank
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From this reading The sky grew pale pink to the zenith; then the sun rose and drank up the mist.
drifting
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From this reading The river sparkled and shone; from the fresh green banks came the smell of the woods and the song of birds; above rose the sky, bright blue, with a few fleecy clouds drifting across it.
favorable
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From this reading The wind was fresh and favorable, and we went swiftly down the river through the silver mist toward the sunrise.
few
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From this reading The river sparkled and shone; from the fresh green banks came the smell of the woods and the song of birds; above rose the sky, bright blue, with a few fleecy clouds drifting across it.
fleecy
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From this reading The river sparkled and shone; from the fresh green banks came the smell of the woods and the song of birds; above rose the sky, bright blue, with a few fleecy clouds drifting across it.
fresh
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From this reading The wind was fresh and favorable, and we went swiftly down the river through the silver mist toward the sunrise.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The river sparkled and shone; from the fresh green banks came the smell of the woods and the song of birds; above rose the sky, bright blue, with a few fleecy clouds drifting across it.
gate
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From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
green
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From this reading The river sparkled and shone; from the fresh green banks came the smell of the woods and the song of birds; above rose the sky, bright blue, with a few fleecy clouds drifting across it.
grew
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From this reading The sky grew pale pink to the zenith; then the sun rose and drank up the mist.
head
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From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
house
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From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
huts
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From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The river sparkled and shone; from the fresh green banks came the smell of the woods and the song of birds; above rose the sky, bright blue, with a few fleecy clouds drifting across it.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
loosed
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From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
man
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From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
MINEpronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MINE are not dicers' oaths.
mist
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From this reading The wind was fresh and favorable, and we went swiftly down the river through the silver mist toward the sunrise.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading MINE are not dicers' oaths.
oaths
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From this reading MINE are not dicers' oaths.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
pale
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From this reading The sky grew pale pink to the zenith; then the sun rose and drank up the mist.
palisade
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From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
pink
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From this reading The sky grew pale pink to the zenith; then the sun rose and drank up the mist.
put
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From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
river
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From this reading The wind was fresh and favorable, and we went swiftly down the river through the silver mist toward the sunrise.
rose
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From this reading The sky grew pale pink to the zenith; then the sun rose and drank up the mist.
sailnounUS /sail/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
servants
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From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
shining
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From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
shone
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From this reading The river sparkled and shone; from the fresh green banks came the smell of the woods and the song of birds; above rose the sky, bright blue, with a few fleecy clouds drifting across it.
silver
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From this reading The wind was fresh and favorable, and we went swiftly down the river through the silver mist toward the sunrise.
sky
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From this reading The sky grew pale pink to the zenith; then the sun rose and drank up the mist.
smell
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From this reading The river sparkled and shone; from the fresh green banks came the smell of the woods and the song of birds; above rose the sky, bright blue, with a few fleecy clouds drifting across it.
song
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From this reading The river sparkled and shone; from the fresh green banks came the smell of the woods and the song of birds; above rose the sky, bright blue, with a few fleecy clouds drifting across it.
sparkled
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From this reading The river sparkled and shone; from the fresh green banks came the smell of the woods and the song of birds; above rose the sky, bright blue, with a few fleecy clouds drifting across it.
stars
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From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
stream
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From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
strode
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From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
sun
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From this reading The sky grew pale pink to the zenith; then the sun rose and drank up the mist.
sunrise
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From this reading The wind was fresh and favorable, and we went swiftly down the river through the silver mist toward the sunrise.
swiftly
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From this reading The wind was fresh and favorable, and we went swiftly down the river through the silver mist toward the sunrise.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
then
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From this reading The sky grew pale pink to the zenith; then the sun rose and drank up the mist.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading The wind was fresh and favorable, and we went swiftly down the river through the silver mist toward the sunrise.
turned
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From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
up
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From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The wind was fresh and favorable, and we went swiftly down the river through the silver mist toward the sunrise.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The wind was fresh and favorable, and we went swiftly down the river through the silver mist toward the sunrise.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The wind was fresh and favorable, and we went swiftly down the river through the silver mist toward the sunrise.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
wharf
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From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The wind was fresh and favorable, and we went swiftly down the river through the silver mist toward the sunrise.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
woods
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From this reading The river sparkled and shone; from the fresh green banks came the smell of the woods and the song of birds; above rose the sky, bright blue, with a few fleecy clouds drifting across it.
word
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From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The stars were yet shining when I left the house, and, after a word with my man Diccon, at the servants' huts, strode down the bank and through the gate of the palisade to the wharf, where I loosed my boat, put up her sail, and turned her head down the broad stream.
zenith
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From this reading The sky grew pale pink to the zenith; then the sun rose and drank up the mist.
