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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 No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
abode
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From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
air
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From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
All
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From this reading All nature was refreshed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The winds at length were lulled, the sun shot his brilliant rays through the riven clouds, the rain ceased to fall--spring had come.
balmy
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From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
birds
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From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
brilliant
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From this reading The winds at length were lulled, the sun shot his brilliant rays through the riven clouds, the rain ceased to fall--spring had come.
ceased
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From this reading The winds at length were lulled, the sun shot his brilliant rays through the riven clouds, the rain ceased to fall--spring had come.
clouds
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From this reading The winds at length were lulled, the sun shot his brilliant rays through the riven clouds, the rain ceased to fall--spring had come.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The winds at length were lulled, the sun shot his brilliant rays through the riven clouds, the rain ceased to fall--spring had come.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
drank
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From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
ears
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From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
earth
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From this reading The seed we had sown was shooting through the moist earth.
eyes
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From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
fall
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From this reading The winds at length were lulled, the sun shot his brilliant rays through the riven clouds, the rain ceased to fall--spring had come.
felt
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From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
forth
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From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The winds at length were lulled, the sun shot his brilliant rays through the riven clouds, the rain ceased to fall--spring had come.
happy
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From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The winds at length were lulled, the sun shot his brilliant rays through the riven clouds, the rain ceased to fall--spring had come.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
joy
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From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading The winds at length were lulled, the sun shot his brilliant rays through the riven clouds, the rain ceased to fall--spring had come.
libertynounUS /ˈlɪb.ər.ti/
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
lulled
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From this reading The winds at length were lulled, the sun shot his brilliant rays through the riven clouds, the rain ceased to fall--spring had come.
merry
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From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
moist
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From this reading The seed we had sown was shooting through the moist earth.
more
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From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
nature
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From this reading All nature was refreshed.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
plantations
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From this reading Our plantations were thriving vigorously.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
prisoners
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From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
pure
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From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
rain
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From this reading The winds at length were lulled, the sun shot his brilliant rays through the riven clouds, the rain ceased to fall--spring had come.
rays
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From this reading The winds at length were lulled, the sun shot his brilliant rays through the riven clouds, the rain ceased to fall--spring had come.
refreshed
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From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
riven
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From this reading The winds at length were lulled, the sun shot his brilliant rays through the riven clouds, the rain ceased to fall--spring had come.
seed
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From this reading The seed we had sown was shooting through the moist earth.
set
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From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
shootingnounUS /ˈshooting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The seed we had sown was shooting through the moist earth.
shot
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From this reading The winds at length were lulled, the sun shot his brilliant rays through the riven clouds, the rain ceased to fall--spring had come.
songs
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From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
sown
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From this reading The seed we had sown was shooting through the moist earth.
spring
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From this reading The winds at length were lulled, the sun shot his brilliant rays through the riven clouds, the rain ceased to fall--spring had come.
stepped
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From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
sun
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From this reading The winds at length were lulled, the sun shot his brilliant rays through the riven clouds, the rain ceased to fall--spring had come.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The winds at length were lulled, the sun shot his brilliant rays through the riven clouds, the rain ceased to fall--spring had come.
thousand
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From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
thriving
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From this reading Our plantations were thriving vigorously.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The winds at length were lulled, the sun shot his brilliant rays through the riven clouds, the rain ceased to fall--spring had come.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The winds at length were lulled, the sun shot his brilliant rays through the riven clouds, the rain ceased to fall--spring had come.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
verdure
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From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
vigorously
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From this reading Our plantations were thriving vigorously.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The seed we had sown was shooting through the moist earth.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The winds at length were lulled, the sun shot his brilliant rays through the riven clouds, the rain ceased to fall--spring had come.
windsnounUS /wɪndz/
plural of “wind” — air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading The winds at length were lulled, the sun shot his brilliant rays through the riven clouds, the rain ceased to fall--spring had come.
winter
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From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading No prisoners set at liberty could have felt more joy than we did as we stepped forth from our winter abode, refreshed our eyes with the pleasant verdure around us, and our ears with the merry songs of a thousand happy birds, and drank in the pure balmy air of spring.
