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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 "And I will make thee beds of roses, And then a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle."
all
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From this reading "And I will make thee beds of roses, And then a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle."
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And I will make thee beds of roses, And then a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle."
Angler
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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy had risen early, and had time before breakfast to inspect the surroundings of the little Danish parsonage.
articles
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From this reading The house was low, of two stories, with a large cellarage underneath, in which was stored articles of all kinds that might be injured by the frost of winter.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The house was low, of two stories, with a large cellarage underneath, in which was stored articles of all kinds that might be injured by the frost of winter.
beds
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From this reading "And I will make thee beds of roses, And then a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle."
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy had risen early, and had time before breakfast to inspect the surroundings of the little Danish parsonage.
breakfast
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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy had risen early, and had time before breakfast to inspect the surroundings of the little Danish parsonage.
brown
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From this reading The roof was brown tiles, with a high pitch, so that the snow should slip off easily.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The house was low, of two stories, with a large cellarage underneath, in which was stored articles of all kinds that might be injured by the frost of winter.
cap
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From this reading "And I will make thee beds of roses, And then a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle."
cellarage
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From this reading The house was low, of two stories, with a large cellarage underneath, in which was stored articles of all kinds that might be injured by the frost of winter.
chief
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From this reading The chief entrance was through a little shrubbery surrounded by a white-washed wall leading up to a few steps to the front door.
CompletenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy had risen early, and had time before breakfast to inspect the surroundings of the little Danish parsonage.
Danish
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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy had risen early, and had time before breakfast to inspect the surroundings of the little Danish parsonage.
door
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From this reading The chief entrance was through a little shrubbery surrounded by a white-washed wall leading up to a few steps to the front door.
early
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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy had risen early, and had time before breakfast to inspect the surroundings of the little Danish parsonage.
easily
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From this reading The roof was brown tiles, with a high pitch, so that the snow should slip off easily.
Embroidered
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From this reading "And I will make thee beds of roses, And then a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle."
entrance
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From this reading The chief entrance was through a little shrubbery surrounded by a white-washed wall leading up to a few steps to the front door.
few
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From this reading The chief entrance was through a little shrubbery surrounded by a white-washed wall leading up to a few steps to the front door.
flowers
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From this reading "And I will make thee beds of roses, And then a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle."
fragrant
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From this reading "And I will make thee beds of roses, And then a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle."
front
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From this reading The chief entrance was through a little shrubbery surrounded by a white-washed wall leading up to a few steps to the front door.
frost
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From this reading The house was low, of two stories, with a large cellarage underneath, in which was stored articles of all kinds that might be injured by the frost of winter.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy had risen early, and had time before breakfast to inspect the surroundings of the little Danish parsonage.
Hardy
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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy had risen early, and had time before breakfast to inspect the surroundings of the little Danish parsonage.
high
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From this reading The roof was brown tiles, with a high pitch, so that the snow should slip off easily.
house
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From this reading The house was low, of two stories, with a large cellarage underneath, in which was stored articles of all kinds that might be injured by the frost of winter.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "And I will make thee beds of roses, And then a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The house was low, of two stories, with a large cellarage underneath, in which was stored articles of all kinds that might be injured by the frost of winter.
injured
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From this reading The house was low, of two stories, with a large cellarage underneath, in which was stored articles of all kinds that might be injured by the frost of winter.
inspect
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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy had risen early, and had time before breakfast to inspect the surroundings of the little Danish parsonage.
John
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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy had risen early, and had time before breakfast to inspect the surroundings of the little Danish parsonage.
kinds
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From this reading The house was low, of two stories, with a large cellarage underneath, in which was stored articles of all kinds that might be injured by the frost of winter.
kirtle
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From this reading "And I will make thee beds of roses, And then a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle."
large
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From this reading The house was low, of two stories, with a large cellarage underneath, in which was stored articles of all kinds that might be injured by the frost of winter.
leading
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From this reading The chief entrance was through a little shrubbery surrounded by a white-washed wall leading up to a few steps to the front door.
leaves
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From this reading "And I will make thee beds of roses, And then a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle."
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy had risen early, and had time before breakfast to inspect the surroundings of the little Danish parsonage.
low
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From this reading The house was low, of two stories, with a large cellarage underneath, in which was stored articles of all kinds that might be injured by the frost of winter.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And I will make thee beds of roses, And then a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle."
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The house was low, of two stories, with a large cellarage underneath, in which was stored articles of all kinds that might be injured by the frost of winter.
myrtle
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From this reading "And I will make thee beds of roses, And then a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "And I will make thee beds of roses, And then a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle."
off
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From this reading The roof was brown tiles, with a high pitch, so that the snow should slip off easily.
parsonage
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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy had risen early, and had time before breakfast to inspect the surroundings of the little Danish parsonage.
pitch
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From this reading The roof was brown tiles, with a high pitch, so that the snow should slip off easily.
posies
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From this reading "And I will make thee beds of roses, And then a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle."
risen
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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy had risen early, and had time before breakfast to inspect the surroundings of the little Danish parsonage.
roof
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From this reading The roof was brown tiles, with a high pitch, so that the snow should slip off easily.
roses
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From this reading "And I will make thee beds of roses, And then a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle."
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading The roof was brown tiles, with a high pitch, so that the snow should slip off easily.
shrubbery
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From this reading The chief entrance was through a little shrubbery surrounded by a white-washed wall leading up to a few steps to the front door.
slip
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From this reading The roof was brown tiles, with a high pitch, so that the snow should slip off easily.
snow
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From this reading The roof was brown tiles, with a high pitch, so that the snow should slip off easily.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The roof was brown tiles, with a high pitch, so that the snow should slip off easily.
steps
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From this reading The chief entrance was through a little shrubbery surrounded by a white-washed wall leading up to a few steps to the front door.
stored
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From this reading The house was low, of two stories, with a large cellarage underneath, in which was stored articles of all kinds that might be injured by the frost of winter.
stories
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From this reading The house was low, of two stories, with a large cellarage underneath, in which was stored articles of all kinds that might be injured by the frost of winter.
surrounded
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From this reading The chief entrance was through a little shrubbery surrounded by a white-washed wall leading up to a few steps to the front door.
surroundings
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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy had risen early, and had time before breakfast to inspect the surroundings of the little Danish parsonage.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The house was low, of two stories, with a large cellarage underneath, in which was stored articles of all kinds that might be injured by the frost of winter.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy had risen early, and had time before breakfast to inspect the surroundings of the little Danish parsonage.
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading "And I will make thee beds of roses, And then a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle."
then
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From this reading "And I will make thee beds of roses, And then a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle."
thousand
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From this reading "And I will make thee beds of roses, And then a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle."
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The chief entrance was through a little shrubbery surrounded by a white-washed wall leading up to a few steps to the front door.
tiles
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From this reading The roof was brown tiles, with a high pitch, so that the snow should slip off easily.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy had risen early, and had time before breakfast to inspect the surroundings of the little Danish parsonage.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy had risen early, and had time before breakfast to inspect the surroundings of the little Danish parsonage.
two
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From this reading The house was low, of two stories, with a large cellarage underneath, in which was stored articles of all kinds that might be injured by the frost of winter.
underneathprepositionUS /ˌʌndərˈniːθ/
directly under, often hidden by what is above
From this reading The house was low, of two stories, with a large cellarage underneath, in which was stored articles of all kinds that might be injured by the frost of winter.
up
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From this reading The chief entrance was through a little shrubbery surrounded by a white-washed wall leading up to a few steps to the front door.
wall
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From this reading The chief entrance was through a little shrubbery surrounded by a white-washed wall leading up to a few steps to the front door.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The house was low, of two stories, with a large cellarage underneath, in which was stored articles of all kinds that might be injured by the frost of winter.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The house was low, of two stories, with a large cellarage underneath, in which was stored articles of all kinds that might be injured by the frost of winter.
white-washed
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From this reading The chief entrance was through a little shrubbery surrounded by a white-washed wall leading up to a few steps to the front door.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "And I will make thee beds of roses, And then a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle."
winter
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From this reading The house was low, of two stories, with a large cellarage underneath, in which was stored articles of all kinds that might be injured by the frost of winter.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "And I will make thee beds of roses, And then a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle."
