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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 TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
abase
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From this reading Viewed from afar, the town seemed to abase itself in the presence of the architectural preeminence of that monarch of buildings.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Even the sun, when it withdrew its rays from the miscellaneous rabble of shops and dwellings, yet lingered proudly upon the noble structure above, caressing its imposing and august outlines and surrounding it with the glamour of the afterglow, when the sun sank to rest.
afar
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From this reading Viewed from afar, the town seemed to abase itself in the presence of the architectural preeminence of that monarch of buildings.
afterglow
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From this reading Even the sun, when it withdrew its rays from the miscellaneous rabble of shops and dwellings, yet lingered proudly upon the noble structure above, caressing its imposing and august outlines and surrounding it with the glamour of the afterglow, when the sun sank to rest.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
appeared
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
approaching
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
architectural
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From this reading Viewed from afar, the town seemed to abase itself in the presence of the architectural preeminence of that monarch of buildings.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Into the little town, at the foot of the big house, rode shortly before nightfall the jester and his companion.
athwartnounUS /ˈathwart/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
august
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From this reading Even the sun, when it withdrew its rays from the miscellaneous rabble of shops and dwellings, yet lingered proudly upon the noble structure above, caressing its imposing and august outlines and surrounding it with the glamour of the afterglow, when the sun sank to rest.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
big
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From this reading Into the little town, at the foot of the big house, rode shortly before nightfall the jester and his companion.
buildings
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From this reading Viewed from afar, the town seemed to abase itself in the presence of the architectural preeminence of that monarch of buildings.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
caressing
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From this reading Even the sun, when it withdrew its rays from the miscellaneous rabble of shops and dwellings, yet lingered proudly upon the noble structure above, caressing its imposing and august outlines and surrounding it with the glamour of the afterglow, when the sun sank to rest.
chateau
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From this reading THE TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
companion
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From this reading Into the little town, at the foot of the big house, rode shortly before nightfall the jester and his companion.
compared
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
crossed
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
dwellings
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From this reading Even the sun, when it withdrew its rays from the miscellaneous rabble of shops and dwellings, yet lingered proudly upon the noble structure above, caressing its imposing and august outlines and surrounding it with the glamour of the afterglow, when the sun sank to rest.
edifice
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even the sun, when it withdrew its rays from the miscellaneous rabble of shops and dwellings, yet lingered proudly upon the noble structure above, caressing its imposing and august outlines and surrounding it with the glamour of the afterglow, when the sun sank to rest.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Into the little town, at the foot of the big house, rode shortly before nightfall the jester and his companion.
fortress
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
Francis
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
glamour
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From this reading Even the sun, when it withdrew its rays from the miscellaneous rabble of shops and dwellings, yet lingered proudly upon the noble structure above, caressing its imposing and august outlines and surrounding it with the glamour of the afterglow, when the sun sank to rest.
glanced
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From this reading THE TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
gloomy
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Into the little town, at the foot of the big house, rode shortly before nightfall the jester and his companion.
home
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
homes
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From this reading THE TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
house
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From this reading Into the little town, at the foot of the big house, rode shortly before nightfall the jester and his companion.
houses
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
humbler
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
illumined
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From this reading THE TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
imposing
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From this reading Even the sun, when it withdrew its rays from the miscellaneous rabble of shops and dwellings, yet lingered proudly upon the noble structure above, caressing its imposing and august outlines and surrounding it with the glamour of the afterglow, when the sun sank to rest.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Viewed from afar, the town seemed to abase itself in the presence of the architectural preeminence of that monarch of buildings.
IntoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Into the little town, at the foot of the big house, rode shortly before nightfall the jester and his companion.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Even the sun, when it withdrew its rays from the miscellaneous rabble of shops and dwellings, yet lingered proudly upon the noble structure above, caressing its imposing and august outlines and surrounding it with the glamour of the afterglow, when the sun sank to rest.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Viewed from afar, the town seemed to abase itself in the presence of the architectural preeminence of that monarch of buildings.
jester
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From this reading Into the little town, at the foot of the big house, rode shortly before nightfall the jester and his companion.
lands
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
lingered
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From this reading Even the sun, when it withdrew its rays from the miscellaneous rabble of shops and dwellings, yet lingered proudly upon the noble structure above, caressing its imposing and august outlines and surrounding it with the glamour of the afterglow, when the sun sank to rest.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Into the little town, at the foot of the big house, rode shortly before nightfall the jester and his companion.
lofty
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From this reading THE TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
lying
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
manorial
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From this reading THE TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
meadow
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
miscellaneous
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From this reading Even the sun, when it withdrew its rays from the miscellaneous rabble of shops and dwellings, yet lingered proudly upon the noble structure above, caressing its imposing and august outlines and surrounding it with the glamour of the afterglow, when the sun sank to rest.
monarch
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From this reading Viewed from afar, the town seemed to abase itself in the presence of the architectural preeminence of that monarch of buildings.
mount
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
nightfall
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From this reading Into the little town, at the foot of the big house, rode shortly before nightfall the jester and his companion.
noble
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From this reading Even the sun, when it withdrew its rays from the miscellaneous rabble of shops and dwellings, yet lingered proudly upon the noble structure above, caressing its imposing and august outlines and surrounding it with the glamour of the afterglow, when the sun sank to rest.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
outlines
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From this reading Even the sun, when it withdrew its rays from the miscellaneous rabble of shops and dwellings, yet lingered proudly upon the noble structure above, caressing its imposing and august outlines and surrounding it with the glamour of the afterglow, when the sun sank to rest.
pasture
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
peasantry
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From this reading THE TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
people
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
preeminence
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From this reading Viewed from afar, the town seemed to abase itself in the presence of the architectural preeminence of that monarch of buildings.
presence
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From this reading Viewed from afar, the town seemed to abase itself in the presence of the architectural preeminence of that monarch of buildings.
prostrate
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
proudly
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From this reading Even the sun, when it withdrew its rays from the miscellaneous rabble of shops and dwellings, yet lingered proudly upon the noble structure above, caressing its imposing and august outlines and surrounding it with the glamour of the afterglow, when the sun sank to rest.
rabble
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From this reading Even the sun, when it withdrew its rays from the miscellaneous rabble of shops and dwellings, yet lingered proudly upon the noble structure above, caressing its imposing and august outlines and surrounding it with the glamour of the afterglow, when the sun sank to rest.
rays
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From this reading THE TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
regal
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even the sun, when it withdrew its rays from the miscellaneous rabble of shops and dwellings, yet lingered proudly upon the noble structure above, caressing its imposing and august outlines and surrounding it with the glamour of the afterglow, when the sun sank to rest.
rider
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
road
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
rode
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From this reading Into the little town, at the foot of the big house, rode shortly before nightfall the jester and his companion.
roofs
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From this reading THE TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
sank
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From this reading Even the sun, when it withdrew its rays from the miscellaneous rabble of shops and dwellings, yet lingered proudly upon the noble structure above, caressing its imposing and august outlines and surrounding it with the glamour of the afterglow, when the sun sank to rest.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Viewed from afar, the town seemed to abase itself in the presence of the architectural preeminence of that monarch of buildings.
set
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
shops
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From this reading Even the sun, when it withdrew its rays from the miscellaneous rabble of shops and dwellings, yet lingered proudly upon the noble structure above, caressing its imposing and august outlines and surrounding it with the glamour of the afterglow, when the sun sank to rest.
shortly
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From this reading Into the little town, at the foot of the big house, rode shortly before nightfall the jester and his companion.
shot
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From this reading THE TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
sinking
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From this reading THE TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
slanting
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From this reading THE TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
smiling
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
splendid
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
structure
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From this reading Even the sun, when it withdrew its rays from the miscellaneous rabble of shops and dwellings, yet lingered proudly upon the noble structure above, caressing its imposing and august outlines and surrounding it with the glamour of the afterglow, when the sun sank to rest.
sun
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From this reading THE TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
surrounding
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From this reading Even the sun, when it withdrew its rays from the miscellaneous rabble of shops and dwellings, yet lingered proudly upon the noble structure above, caressing its imposing and august outlines and surrounding it with the glamour of the afterglow, when the sun sank to rest.
SWORD
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From this reading THE TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
TALE
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From this reading THE TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
tile
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From this reading THE TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
towers
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From this reading THE TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
town
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From this reading Viewed from afar, the town seemed to abase itself in the presence of the architectural preeminence of that monarch of buildings.
transformations
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From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Even the sun, when it withdrew its rays from the miscellaneous rabble of shops and dwellings, yet lingered proudly upon the noble structure above, caressing its imposing and august outlines and surrounding it with the glamour of the afterglow, when the sun sank to rest.
valley
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From this reading THE TALE OF THE SWORD The slanting rays of the sinking sun shot athwart the valley, glanced from the tile roofs of the homes of the peasantry, and illumined the lofty towers of a great manorial chateau.
Viewed
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From this reading Viewed from afar, the town seemed to abase itself in the presence of the architectural preeminence of that monarch of buildings.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Even the sun, when it withdrew its rays from the miscellaneous rabble of shops and dwellings, yet lingered proudly upon the noble structure above, caressing its imposing and august outlines and surrounding it with the glamour of the afterglow, when the sun sank to rest.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading To the rider, approaching by the road that crossed the smiling pasture and meadow lands, the edifice set on a mount--another of Francis' transformations from the gloomy fortress home--appeared regal and splendid, compared with the humbler houses of the people lying prostrate before it.
withdrew
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From this reading Even the sun, when it withdrew its rays from the miscellaneous rabble of shops and dwellings, yet lingered proudly upon the noble structure above, caressing its imposing and august outlines and surrounding it with the glamour of the afterglow, when the sun sank to rest.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Even the sun, when it withdrew its rays from the miscellaneous rabble of shops and dwellings, yet lingered proudly upon the noble structure above, caressing its imposing and august outlines and surrounding it with the glamour of the afterglow, when the sun sank to rest.
