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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 winter had been a cold and late one; now with a rush of warm bright weather every tree and bush was waking into life.
Adrienne
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From this reading Adrienne, with her hands full of daffodils, was filling great bowls upon the wide window-sills.
always
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From this reading She was always down in the morning long before her uncles, and had been out in the garden rifling the beds beneath the windows of their golden treasures.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The winter had been a cold and late one; now with a rush of warm bright weather every tree and bush was waking into life.
arranged
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From this reading Softly singing to herself as she arranged the flowers to her liking, she did not hear the entrance of the General or of Drake with the postbag.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Softly singing to herself as she arranged the flowers to her liking, she did not hear the entrance of the General or of Drake with the postbag.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading GODFREY SPEAKS IT was spring at last.
beds
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From this reading She was always down in the morning long before her uncles, and had been out in the garden rifling the beds beneath the windows of their golden treasures.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The winter had been a cold and late one; now with a rush of warm bright weather every tree and bush was waking into life.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She was always down in the morning long before her uncles, and had been out in the garden rifling the beds beneath the windows of their golden treasures.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading She was always down in the morning long before her uncles, and had been out in the garden rifling the beds beneath the windows of their golden treasures.
bowls
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From this reading Adrienne, with her hands full of daffodils, was filling great bowls upon the wide window-sills.
bright
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From this reading The winter had been a cold and late one; now with a rush of warm bright weather every tree and bush was waking into life.
bush
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From this reading The winter had been a cold and late one; now with a rush of warm bright weather every tree and bush was waking into life.
cold
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From this reading The winter had been a cold and late one; now with a rush of warm bright weather every tree and bush was waking into life.
daffodils
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From this reading Adrienne, with her hands full of daffodils, was filling great bowls upon the wide window-sills.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Softly singing to herself as she arranged the flowers to her liking, she did not hear the entrance of the General or of Drake with the postbag.
down
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From this reading She was always down in the morning long before her uncles, and had been out in the garden rifling the beds beneath the windows of their golden treasures.
Drake
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From this reading Softly singing to herself as she arranged the flowers to her liking, she did not hear the entrance of the General or of Drake with the postbag.
entrance
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From this reading Softly singing to herself as she arranged the flowers to her liking, she did not hear the entrance of the General or of Drake with the postbag.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The winter had been a cold and late one; now with a rush of warm bright weather every tree and bush was waking into life.
filling
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From this reading Adrienne, with her hands full of daffodils, was filling great bowls upon the wide window-sills.
flowers
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From this reading Softly singing to herself as she arranged the flowers to her liking, she did not hear the entrance of the General or of Drake with the postbag.
full
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From this reading Adrienne, with her hands full of daffodils, was filling great bowls upon the wide window-sills.
garden
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From this reading She was always down in the morning long before her uncles, and had been out in the garden rifling the beds beneath the windows of their golden treasures.
General
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From this reading Softly singing to herself as she arranged the flowers to her liking, she did not hear the entrance of the General or of Drake with the postbag.
GODFREY
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From this reading GODFREY SPEAKS IT was spring at last.
golden
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From this reading She was always down in the morning long before her uncles, and had been out in the garden rifling the beds beneath the windows of their golden treasures.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Adrienne, with her hands full of daffodils, was filling great bowls upon the wide window-sills.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The winter had been a cold and late one; now with a rush of warm bright weather every tree and bush was waking into life.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Adrienne, with her hands full of daffodils, was filling great bowls upon the wide window-sills.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Softly singing to herself as she arranged the flowers to her liking, she did not hear the entrance of the General or of Drake with the postbag.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Adrienne, with her hands full of daffodils, was filling great bowls upon the wide window-sills.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Softly singing to herself as she arranged the flowers to her liking, she did not hear the entrance of the General or of Drake with the postbag.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was always down in the morning long before her uncles, and had been out in the garden rifling the beds beneath the windows of their golden treasures.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The winter had been a cold and late one; now with a rush of warm bright weather every tree and bush was waking into life.
ITpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading GODFREY SPEAKS IT was spring at last.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading GODFREY SPEAKS IT was spring at last.
late
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From this reading The winter had been a cold and late one; now with a rush of warm bright weather every tree and bush was waking into life.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The winter had been a cold and late one; now with a rush of warm bright weather every tree and bush was waking into life.
liking
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From this reading Softly singing to herself as she arranged the flowers to her liking, she did not hear the entrance of the General or of Drake with the postbag.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was always down in the morning long before her uncles, and had been out in the garden rifling the beds beneath the windows of their golden treasures.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was always down in the morning long before her uncles, and had been out in the garden rifling the beds beneath the windows of their golden treasures.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Softly singing to herself as she arranged the flowers to her liking, she did not hear the entrance of the General or of Drake with the postbag.
now
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From this reading The winter had been a cold and late one; now with a rush of warm bright weather every tree and bush was waking into life.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The winter had been a cold and late one; now with a rush of warm bright weather every tree and bush was waking into life.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The winter had been a cold and late one; now with a rush of warm bright weather every tree and bush was waking into life.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Softly singing to herself as she arranged the flowers to her liking, she did not hear the entrance of the General or of Drake with the postbag.
out
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From this reading She was always down in the morning long before her uncles, and had been out in the garden rifling the beds beneath the windows of their golden treasures.
postbag
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From this reading Softly singing to herself as she arranged the flowers to her liking, she did not hear the entrance of the General or of Drake with the postbag.
rifling
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From this reading She was always down in the morning long before her uncles, and had been out in the garden rifling the beds beneath the windows of their golden treasures.
rush
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From this reading The winter had been a cold and late one; now with a rush of warm bright weather every tree and bush was waking into life.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was always down in the morning long before her uncles, and had been out in the garden rifling the beds beneath the windows of their golden treasures.
singing
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From this reading Softly singing to herself as she arranged the flowers to her liking, she did not hear the entrance of the General or of Drake with the postbag.
Softly
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From this reading Softly singing to herself as she arranged the flowers to her liking, she did not hear the entrance of the General or of Drake with the postbag.
SPEAKS
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From this reading GODFREY SPEAKS IT was spring at last.
spring
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From this reading GODFREY SPEAKS IT was spring at last.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The winter had been a cold and late one; now with a rush of warm bright weather every tree and bush was waking into life.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading She was always down in the morning long before her uncles, and had been out in the garden rifling the beds beneath the windows of their golden treasures.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Softly singing to herself as she arranged the flowers to her liking, she did not hear the entrance of the General or of Drake with the postbag.
treasures
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From this reading She was always down in the morning long before her uncles, and had been out in the garden rifling the beds beneath the windows of their golden treasures.
tree
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From this reading The winter had been a cold and late one; now with a rush of warm bright weather every tree and bush was waking into life.
uncles
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From this reading She was always down in the morning long before her uncles, and had been out in the garden rifling the beds beneath the windows of their golden treasures.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Adrienne, with her hands full of daffodils, was filling great bowls upon the wide window-sills.
wakingadjectiveUS /ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/
Risen from sleep; conscious.
From this reading The winter had been a cold and late one; now with a rush of warm bright weather every tree and bush was waking into life.
warm
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From this reading The winter had been a cold and late one; now with a rush of warm bright weather every tree and bush was waking into life.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading GODFREY SPEAKS IT was spring at last.
weather
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From this reading The winter had been a cold and late one; now with a rush of warm bright weather every tree and bush was waking into life.
wide
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From this reading Adrienne, with her hands full of daffodils, was filling great bowls upon the wide window-sills.
window-sills
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From this reading Adrienne, with her hands full of daffodils, was filling great bowls upon the wide window-sills.
windows
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From this reading She was always down in the morning long before her uncles, and had been out in the garden rifling the beds beneath the windows of their golden treasures.
winter
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From this reading The winter had been a cold and late one; now with a rush of warm bright weather every tree and bush was waking into life.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The winter had been a cold and late one; now with a rush of warm bright weather every tree and bush was waking into life.
