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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 ANICIANS Not many days after, in a still noontide of mellow autumn, Basil and Marcian drew towards Rome.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading They rode along the Via Appia, between the tombs of ancient men; all about them, undulant to the far horizon, a brown wilderness dotted with ruins.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading THE ANICIANS Not many days after, in a still noontide of mellow autumn, Basil and Marcian drew towards Rome.
ages
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From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
ago
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From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
all
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From this reading They rode along the Via Appia, between the tombs of ancient men; all about them, undulant to the far horizon, a brown wilderness dotted with ruins.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading They rode along the Via Appia, between the tombs of ancient men; all about them, undulant to the far horizon, a brown wilderness dotted with ruins.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading Olives in scant patches, a lost vineyard, a speck of tilled soil, proved that men still laboured amid this vast and awful silence, but rarely was a human figure visible.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading They rode along the Via Appia, between the tombs of ancient men; all about them, undulant to the far horizon, a brown wilderness dotted with ruins.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE ANICIANS Not many days after, in a still noontide of mellow autumn, Basil and Marcian drew towards Rome.
ANICIANS
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From this reading THE ANICIANS Not many days after, in a still noontide of mellow autumn, Basil and Marcian drew towards Rome.
Appia
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From this reading They rode along the Via Appia, between the tombs of ancient men; all about them, undulant to the far horizon, a brown wilderness dotted with ruins.
approached
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From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
aqueducts
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From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
autumn
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From this reading THE ANICIANS Not many days after, in a still noontide of mellow autumn, Basil and Marcian drew towards Rome.
awful
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From this reading Olives in scant patches, a lost vineyard, a speck of tilled soil, proved that men still laboured amid this vast and awful silence, but rarely was a human figure visible.
Basil
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From this reading THE ANICIANS Not many days after, in a still noontide of mellow autumn, Basil and Marcian drew towards Rome.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading They rode along the Via Appia, between the tombs of ancient men; all about them, undulant to the far horizon, a brown wilderness dotted with ruins.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
brown
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From this reading They rode along the Via Appia, between the tombs of ancient men; all about them, undulant to the far horizon, a brown wilderness dotted with ruins.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Olives in scant patches, a lost vineyard, a speck of tilled soil, proved that men still laboured amid this vast and awful silence, but rarely was a human figure visible.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
causing
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From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
church
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From this reading Ruins of villas, of farms, of temples, with here and there a church or a monastery that told of the newer time.
city
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From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
cleft
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From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
days
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From this reading THE ANICIANS Not many days after, in a still noontide of mellow autumn, Basil and Marcian drew towards Rome.
dotted
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From this reading They rode along the Via Appia, between the tombs of ancient men; all about them, undulant to the far horizon, a brown wilderness dotted with ruins.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE ANICIANS Not many days after, in a still noontide of mellow autumn, Basil and Marcian drew towards Rome.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
far
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From this reading They rode along the Via Appia, between the tombs of ancient men; all about them, undulant to the far horizon, a brown wilderness dotted with ruins.
farms
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From this reading Ruins of villas, of farms, of temples, with here and there a church or a monastery that told of the newer time.
figure
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From this reading Olives in scant patches, a lost vineyard, a speck of tilled soil, proved that men still laboured amid this vast and awful silence, but rarely was a human figure visible.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
four
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From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
glance
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From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
Goths
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From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
ground
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From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
hand
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From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ruins of villas, of farms, of temples, with here and there a church or a monastery that told of the newer time.
hills
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From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
horizon
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From this reading They rode along the Via Appia, between the tombs of ancient men; all about them, undulant to the far horizon, a brown wilderness dotted with ruins.
human
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From this reading Olives in scant patches, a lost vineyard, a speck of tilled soil, proved that men still laboured amid this vast and awful silence, but rarely was a human figure visible.
idle
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From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE ANICIANS Not many days after, in a still noontide of mellow autumn, Basil and Marcian drew towards Rome.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
laboured
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From this reading Olives in scant patches, a lost vineyard, a speck of tilled soil, proved that men still laboured amid this vast and awful silence, but rarely was a human figure visible.
lay
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From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
lost
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From this reading Olives in scant patches, a lost vineyard, a speck of tilled soil, proved that men still laboured amid this vast and awful silence, but rarely was a human figure visible.
many
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From this reading THE ANICIANS Not many days after, in a still noontide of mellow autumn, Basil and Marcian drew towards Rome.
Marcian
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From this reading THE ANICIANS Not many days after, in a still noontide of mellow autumn, Basil and Marcian drew towards Rome.
marshy
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From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
mellow
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From this reading THE ANICIANS Not many days after, in a still noontide of mellow autumn, Basil and Marcian drew towards Rome.
men
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From this reading They rode along the Via Appia, between the tombs of ancient men; all about them, undulant to the far horizon, a brown wilderness dotted with ruins.
monastery
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From this reading Ruins of villas, of farms, of temples, with here and there a church or a monastery that told of the newer time.
newer
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From this reading Ruins of villas, of farms, of temples, with here and there a church or a monastery that told of the newer time.
noontide
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From this reading THE ANICIANS Not many days after, in a still noontide of mellow autumn, Basil and Marcian drew towards Rome.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE ANICIANS Not many days after, in a still noontide of mellow autumn, Basil and Marcian drew towards Rome.
now
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From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE ANICIANS Not many days after, in a still noontide of mellow autumn, Basil and Marcian drew towards Rome.
Olives
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From this reading Olives in scant patches, a lost vineyard, a speck of tilled soil, proved that men still laboured amid this vast and awful silence, but rarely was a human figure visible.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Ruins of villas, of farms, of temples, with here and there a church or a monastery that told of the newer time.
patches
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From this reading Olives in scant patches, a lost vineyard, a speck of tilled soil, proved that men still laboured amid this vast and awful silence, but rarely was a human figure visible.
pools
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From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
proved
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From this reading Olives in scant patches, a lost vineyard, a speck of tilled soil, proved that men still laboured amid this vast and awful silence, but rarely was a human figure visible.
rarely
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From this reading Olives in scant patches, a lost vineyard, a speck of tilled soil, proved that men still laboured amid this vast and awful silence, but rarely was a human figure visible.
rode
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From this reading They rode along the Via Appia, between the tombs of ancient men; all about them, undulant to the far horizon, a brown wilderness dotted with ruins.
Rome
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From this reading THE ANICIANS Not many days after, in a still noontide of mellow autumn, Basil and Marcian drew towards Rome.
ruins
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From this reading They rode along the Via Appia, between the tombs of ancient men; all about them, undulant to the far horizon, a brown wilderness dotted with ruins.
sadly
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From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
scant
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From this reading Olives in scant patches, a lost vineyard, a speck of tilled soil, proved that men still laboured amid this vast and awful silence, but rarely was a human figure visible.
siege
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From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Olives in scant patches, a lost vineyard, a speck of tilled soil, proved that men still laboured amid this vast and awful silence, but rarely was a human figure visible.
soil
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From this reading Olives in scant patches, a lost vineyard, a speck of tilled soil, proved that men still laboured amid this vast and awful silence, but rarely was a human figure visible.
speck
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From this reading Olives in scant patches, a lost vineyard, a speck of tilled soil, proved that men still laboured amid this vast and awful silence, but rarely was a human figure visible.
stagnant
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From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE ANICIANS Not many days after, in a still noontide of mellow autumn, Basil and Marcian drew towards Rome.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
temples
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From this reading Ruins of villas, of farms, of temples, with here and there a church or a monastery that told of the newer time.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Ruins of villas, of farms, of temples, with here and there a church or a monastery that told of the newer time.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ANICIANS Not many days after, in a still noontide of mellow autumn, Basil and Marcian drew towards Rome.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They rode along the Via Appia, between the tombs of ancient men; all about them, undulant to the far horizon, a brown wilderness dotted with ruins.
there
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From this reading Ruins of villas, of farms, of temples, with here and there a church or a monastery that told of the newer time.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They rode along the Via Appia, between the tombs of ancient men; all about them, undulant to the far horizon, a brown wilderness dotted with ruins.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Olives in scant patches, a lost vineyard, a speck of tilled soil, proved that men still laboured amid this vast and awful silence, but rarely was a human figure visible.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
tilled
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From this reading Olives in scant patches, a lost vineyard, a speck of tilled soil, proved that men still laboured amid this vast and awful silence, but rarely was a human figure visible.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ruins of villas, of farms, of temples, with here and there a church or a monastery that told of the newer time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They rode along the Via Appia, between the tombs of ancient men; all about them, undulant to the far horizon, a brown wilderness dotted with ruins.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ruins of villas, of farms, of temples, with here and there a church or a monastery that told of the newer time.
tombs
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From this reading They rode along the Via Appia, between the tombs of ancient men; all about them, undulant to the far horizon, a brown wilderness dotted with ruins.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading THE ANICIANS Not many days after, in a still noontide of mellow autumn, Basil and Marcian drew towards Rome.
undulant
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From this reading They rode along the Via Appia, between the tombs of ancient men; all about them, undulant to the far horizon, a brown wilderness dotted with ruins.
vast
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From this reading Olives in scant patches, a lost vineyard, a speck of tilled soil, proved that men still laboured amid this vast and awful silence, but rarely was a human figure visible.
ViaprepositionUS /ˈvaɪə/
by way of; passing through
From this reading They rode along the Via Appia, between the tombs of ancient men; all about them, undulant to the far horizon, a brown wilderness dotted with ruins.
villas
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From this reading Ruins of villas, of farms, of temples, with here and there a church or a monastery that told of the newer time.
vineyard
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From this reading Olives in scant patches, a lost vineyard, a speck of tilled soil, proved that men still laboured amid this vast and awful silence, but rarely was a human figure visible.
visible
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From this reading Olives in scant patches, a lost vineyard, a speck of tilled soil, proved that men still laboured amid this vast and awful silence, but rarely was a human figure visible.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Olives in scant patches, a lost vineyard, a speck of tilled soil, proved that men still laboured amid this vast and awful silence, but rarely was a human figure visible.
water
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From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading They rode along the Via Appia, between the tombs of ancient men; all about them, undulant to the far horizon, a brown wilderness dotted with ruins.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They rode along the Via Appia, between the tombs of ancient men; all about them, undulant to the far horizon, a brown wilderness dotted with ruins.
years
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From this reading As they approached the city, marshy ground and stagnant pools lay on either hand, causing them to glance sadly at those great aqueducts, which for ages had brought water into Rome from the hills and now stood idle, cleft by the Goths during the siege four years ago.
