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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 PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN June came to tide-water Virginia with long, warm days and with the odor of many roses.
amidstprepositionUS /əˈmɪdst/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading The black men toiled amidst the tobacco and the maize; at noontide it was as hot in the fields as in the middle passage, and the voices of those who sang over their work fell to a dull crooning.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN June came to tide-water Virginia with long, warm days and with the odor of many roses.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The black men toiled amidst the tobacco and the maize; at noontide it was as hot in the fields as in the middle passage, and the voices of those who sang over their work fell to a dull crooning.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The black men toiled amidst the tobacco and the maize; at noontide it was as hot in the fields as in the middle passage, and the voices of those who sang over their work fell to a dull crooning.
black
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From this reading The black men toiled amidst the tobacco and the maize; at noontide it was as hot in the fields as in the middle passage, and the voices of those who sang over their work fell to a dull crooning.
blossoms
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From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Day by day the cloudless sunshine visited the land: night by night the large pale stars looked into its waters.
came
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From this reading THE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN June came to tide-water Virginia with long, warm days and with the odor of many roses.
carpeted
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From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
clearing
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From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
cloudless
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From this reading Day by day the cloudless sunshine visited the land: night by night the large pale stars looked into its waters.
creeks
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From this reading It was a slumberous land, of many creeks and rivers that were wide, slow, and deep, of tobacco fields and lofty, solemn forests, of vague marshes, of white mists, of a haze of heat far and near.
crooning
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From this reading The black men toiled amidst the tobacco and the maize; at noontide it was as hot in the fields as in the middle passage, and the voices of those who sang over their work fell to a dull crooning.
Day
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From this reading Day by day the cloudless sunshine visited the land: night by night the large pale stars looked into its waters.
days
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From this reading THE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN June came to tide-water Virginia with long, warm days and with the odor of many roses.
deep
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From this reading It was a slumberous land, of many creeks and rivers that were wide, slow, and deep, of tobacco fields and lofty, solemn forests, of vague marshes, of white mists, of a haze of heat far and near.
dull
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From this reading The black men toiled amidst the tobacco and the maize; at noontide it was as hot in the fields as in the middle passage, and the voices of those who sang over their work fell to a dull crooning.
English
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From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
far
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From this reading It was a slumberous land, of many creeks and rivers that were wide, slow, and deep, of tobacco fields and lofty, solemn forests, of vague marshes, of white mists, of a haze of heat far and near.
fell
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From this reading The black men toiled amidst the tobacco and the maize; at noontide it was as hot in the fields as in the middle passage, and the voices of those who sang over their work fell to a dull crooning.
few
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From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
field
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From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
fields
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From this reading It was a slumberous land, of many creeks and rivers that were wide, slow, and deep, of tobacco fields and lofty, solemn forests, of vague marshes, of white mists, of a haze of heat far and near.
fish
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From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
forests
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From this reading It was a slumberous land, of many creeks and rivers that were wide, slow, and deep, of tobacco fields and lofty, solemn forests, of vague marshes, of white mists, of a haze of heat far and near.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
GENTLEMANnounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN June came to tide-water Virginia with long, warm days and with the odor of many roses.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
haze
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From this reading It was a slumberous land, of many creeks and rivers that were wide, slow, and deep, of tobacco fields and lofty, solemn forests, of vague marshes, of white mists, of a haze of heat far and near.
heat
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From this reading It was a slumberous land, of many creeks and rivers that were wide, slow, and deep, of tobacco fields and lofty, solemn forests, of vague marshes, of white mists, of a haze of heat far and near.
hot
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From this reading The black men toiled amidst the tobacco and the maize; at noontide it was as hot in the fields as in the middle passage, and the voices of those who sang over their work fell to a dull crooning.
hunting
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From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Day by day the cloudless sunshine visited the land: night by night the large pale stars looked into its waters.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a slumberous land, of many creeks and rivers that were wide, slow, and deep, of tobacco fields and lofty, solemn forests, of vague marshes, of white mists, of a haze of heat far and near.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Day by day the cloudless sunshine visited the land: night by night the large pale stars looked into its waters.
June
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From this reading THE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN June came to tide-water Virginia with long, warm days and with the odor of many roses.
land
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From this reading Day by day the cloudless sunshine visited the land: night by night the large pale stars looked into its waters.
large
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From this reading Day by day the cloudless sunshine visited the land: night by night the large pale stars looked into its waters.
lay
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From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
lofty
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From this reading It was a slumberous land, of many creeks and rivers that were wide, slow, and deep, of tobacco fields and lofty, solemn forests, of vague marshes, of white mists, of a haze of heat far and near.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN June came to tide-water Virginia with long, warm days and with the odor of many roses.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Day by day the cloudless sunshine visited the land: night by night the large pale stars looked into its waters.
maize
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From this reading The black men toiled amidst the tobacco and the maize; at noontide it was as hot in the fields as in the middle passage, and the voices of those who sang over their work fell to a dull crooning.
many
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From this reading THE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN June came to tide-water Virginia with long, warm days and with the odor of many roses.
marshes
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From this reading It was a slumberous land, of many creeks and rivers that were wide, slow, and deep, of tobacco fields and lofty, solemn forests, of vague marshes, of white mists, of a haze of heat far and near.
men
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From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
middle
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From this reading The black men toiled amidst the tobacco and the maize; at noontide it was as hot in the fields as in the middle passage, and the voices of those who sang over their work fell to a dull crooning.
mists
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From this reading It was a slumberous land, of many creeks and rivers that were wide, slow, and deep, of tobacco fields and lofty, solemn forests, of vague marshes, of white mists, of a haze of heat far and near.
moon
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From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
near
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From this reading It was a slumberous land, of many creeks and rivers that were wide, slow, and deep, of tobacco fields and lofty, solemn forests, of vague marshes, of white mists, of a haze of heat far and near.
neglected
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From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
night
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From this reading Day by day the cloudless sunshine visited the land: night by night the large pale stars looked into its waters.
noontide
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From this reading The black men toiled amidst the tobacco and the maize; at noontide it was as hot in the fields as in the middle passage, and the voices of those who sang over their work fell to a dull crooning.
now
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From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
number
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From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
odor
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From this reading THE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN June came to tide-water Virginia with long, warm days and with the odor of many roses.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN June came to tide-water Virginia with long, warm days and with the odor of many roses.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The black men toiled amidst the tobacco and the maize; at noontide it was as hot in the fields as in the middle passage, and the voices of those who sang over their work fell to a dull crooning.
pale
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From this reading Day by day the cloudless sunshine visited the land: night by night the large pale stars looked into its waters.
passagenounUS /ˈpassage/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The black men toiled amidst the tobacco and the maize; at noontide it was as hot in the fields as in the middle passage, and the voices of those who sang over their work fell to a dull crooning.
past
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From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
poisoned
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From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
PORTRAIT
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From this reading THE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN June came to tide-water Virginia with long, warm days and with the odor of many roses.
red
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From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
rivers
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From this reading It was a slumberous land, of many creeks and rivers that were wide, slow, and deep, of tobacco fields and lofty, solemn forests, of vague marshes, of white mists, of a haze of heat far and near.
roses
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From this reading THE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN June came to tide-water Virginia with long, warm days and with the odor of many roses.
sang
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From this reading The black men toiled amidst the tobacco and the maize; at noontide it was as hot in the fields as in the middle passage, and the voices of those who sang over their work fell to a dull crooning.
shade
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From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
slow
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From this reading It was a slumberous land, of many creeks and rivers that were wide, slow, and deep, of tobacco fields and lofty, solemn forests, of vague marshes, of white mists, of a haze of heat far and near.
slumberous
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From this reading It was a slumberous land, of many creeks and rivers that were wide, slow, and deep, of tobacco fields and lofty, solemn forests, of vague marshes, of white mists, of a haze of heat far and near.
solemn
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From this reading It was a slumberous land, of many creeks and rivers that were wide, slow, and deep, of tobacco fields and lofty, solemn forests, of vague marshes, of white mists, of a haze of heat far and near.
stars
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From this reading Day by day the cloudless sunshine visited the land: night by night the large pale stars looked into its waters.
strawberries
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From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
sunshine
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From this reading Day by day the cloudless sunshine visited the land: night by night the large pale stars looked into its waters.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was a slumberous land, of many creeks and rivers that were wide, slow, and deep, of tobacco fields and lofty, solemn forests, of vague marshes, of white mists, of a haze of heat far and near.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN June came to tide-water Virginia with long, warm days and with the odor of many roses.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The black men toiled amidst the tobacco and the maize; at noontide it was as hot in the fields as in the middle passage, and the voices of those who sang over their work fell to a dull crooning.
tide-water
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From this reading THE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN June came to tide-water Virginia with long, warm days and with the odor of many roses.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN June came to tide-water Virginia with long, warm days and with the odor of many roses.
tobacconounUS /ˈtobacco/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was a slumberous land, of many creeks and rivers that were wide, slow, and deep, of tobacco fields and lofty, solemn forests, of vague marshes, of white mists, of a haze of heat far and near.
toiled
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From this reading The black men toiled amidst the tobacco and the maize; at noontide it was as hot in the fields as in the middle passage, and the voices of those who sang over their work fell to a dull crooning.
trees
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From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
vague
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From this reading It was a slumberous land, of many creeks and rivers that were wide, slow, and deep, of tobacco fields and lofty, solemn forests, of vague marshes, of white mists, of a haze of heat far and near.
villages
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From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
vines
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From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
Virginia
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From this reading THE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN June came to tide-water Virginia with long, warm days and with the odor of many roses.
visited
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From this reading Day by day the cloudless sunshine visited the land: night by night the large pale stars looked into its waters.
voices
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From this reading The black men toiled amidst the tobacco and the maize; at noontide it was as hot in the fields as in the middle passage, and the voices of those who sang over their work fell to a dull crooning.
warm
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From this reading THE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN June came to tide-water Virginia with long, warm days and with the odor of many roses.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a slumberous land, of many creeks and rivers that were wide, slow, and deep, of tobacco fields and lofty, solemn forests, of vague marshes, of white mists, of a haze of heat far and near.
waters
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From this reading Day by day the cloudless sunshine visited the land: night by night the large pale stars looked into its waters.
weirs
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From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was a slumberous land, of many creeks and rivers that were wide, slow, and deep, of tobacco fields and lofty, solemn forests, of vague marshes, of white mists, of a haze of heat far and near.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
white
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From this reading It was a slumberous land, of many creeks and rivers that were wide, slow, and deep, of tobacco fields and lofty, solemn forests, of vague marshes, of white mists, of a haze of heat far and near.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The black men toiled amidst the tobacco and the maize; at noontide it was as hot in the fields as in the middle passage, and the voices of those who sang over their work fell to a dull crooning.
wide
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From this reading It was a slumberous land, of many creeks and rivers that were wide, slow, and deep, of tobacco fields and lofty, solemn forests, of vague marshes, of white mists, of a haze of heat far and near.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN June came to tide-water Virginia with long, warm days and with the odor of many roses.
women
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From this reading The moon of blossoms was past, and the red men--few in number now--had returned from their hunting, and lay in the shade of the trees in the villages that the English had left them, while the women brought them fish from the weirs, and strawberries from the vines that carpeted every poisoned field or neglected clearing.
work
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From this reading The black men toiled amidst the tobacco and the maize; at noontide it was as hot in the fields as in the middle passage, and the voices of those who sang over their work fell to a dull crooning.
