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From this reading WARD AND DOWNEY, 12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, W.C.
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A BIRD OF PASSAGE.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WARD AND DOWNEY, 12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, W.C.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Such wind as scatters young men thro' the world To seek their fortunes further than at home, Where small experience grows."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Such wind as scatters young men thro' the world To seek their fortunes further than at home, Where small experience grows."
AUTHOR
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "PROPER PRIDE," "PRETTY MISS NEVILLE," "SOME ONE ELSE."
BIRD
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From this reading A BIRD OF PASSAGE.
C
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From this reading WARD AND DOWNEY, 12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, W.C.
COVENT
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From this reading WARD AND DOWNEY, 12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, W.C.
DOWNEY
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From this reading WARD AND DOWNEY, 12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, W.C.
ELSE
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "PROPER PRIDE," "PRETTY MISS NEVILLE," "SOME ONE ELSE."
experience
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From this reading "Such wind as scatters young men thro' the world To seek their fortunes further than at home, Where small experience grows."
fortunes
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From this reading "Such wind as scatters young men thro' the world To seek their fortunes further than at home, Where small experience grows."
further
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From this reading "Such wind as scatters young men thro' the world To seek their fortunes further than at home, Where small experience grows."
GARDEN
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From this reading WARD AND DOWNEY, 12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, W.C.
grows
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From this reading "Such wind as scatters young men thro' the world To seek their fortunes further than at home, Where small experience grows."
home
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From this reading "Such wind as scatters young men thro' the world To seek their fortunes further than at home, Where small experience grows."
LONDON
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From this reading WARD AND DOWNEY, 12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, W.C.
men
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From this reading "Such wind as scatters young men thro' the world To seek their fortunes further than at home, Where small experience grows."
MISS
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "PROPER PRIDE," "PRETTY MISS NEVILLE," "SOME ONE ELSE."
NEVILLE
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "PROPER PRIDE," "PRETTY MISS NEVILLE," "SOME ONE ELSE."
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A BIRD OF PASSAGE.
ONEpronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading AUTHOR OF "PROPER PRIDE," "PRETTY MISS NEVILLE," "SOME ONE ELSE."
PASSAGEnounUS /ˈpassage/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A BIRD OF PASSAGE.
PRETTY
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "PROPER PRIDE," "PRETTY MISS NEVILLE," "SOME ONE ELSE."
PRIDE
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "PROPER PRIDE," "PRETTY MISS NEVILLE," "SOME ONE ELSE."
PROPER
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "PROPER PRIDE," "PRETTY MISS NEVILLE," "SOME ONE ELSE."
scatters
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From this reading "Such wind as scatters young men thro' the world To seek their fortunes further than at home, Where small experience grows."
seek
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From this reading "Such wind as scatters young men thro' the world To seek their fortunes further than at home, Where small experience grows."
small
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From this reading "Such wind as scatters young men thro' the world To seek their fortunes further than at home, Where small experience grows."
SOME
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From this reading AUTHOR OF "PROPER PRIDE," "PRETTY MISS NEVILLE," "SOME ONE ELSE."
STREET
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From this reading WARD AND DOWNEY, 12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, W.C.
SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "Such wind as scatters young men thro' the world To seek their fortunes further than at home, Where small experience grows."
TEMPEST
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From this reading THE TEMPEST.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "Such wind as scatters young men thro' the world To seek their fortunes further than at home, Where small experience grows."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Such wind as scatters young men thro' the world To seek their fortunes further than at home, Where small experience grows."
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "Such wind as scatters young men thro' the world To seek their fortunes further than at home, Where small experience grows."
thro
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From this reading "Such wind as scatters young men thro' the world To seek their fortunes further than at home, Where small experience grows."
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Such wind as scatters young men thro' the world To seek their fortunes further than at home, Where small experience grows."
W
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From this reading WARD AND DOWNEY, 12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, W.C.
WARD
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From this reading WARD AND DOWNEY, 12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, W.C.
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading "Such wind as scatters young men thro' the world To seek their fortunes further than at home, Where small experience grows."
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Such wind as scatters young men thro' the world To seek their fortunes further than at home, Where small experience grows."
world
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From this reading "Such wind as scatters young men thro' the world To seek their fortunes further than at home, Where small experience grows."
YORK
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From this reading WARD AND DOWNEY, 12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, W.C.
young
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From this reading "Such wind as scatters young men thro' the world To seek their fortunes further than at home, Where small experience grows."