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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 Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
Acadian
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From this reading Then followed that beautiful season, Called by the pious Acadian peasants the summer of All Saints!
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Two years have worn on their slow course, two tedious, weary years, and the first days of December have again arrived.
air
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From this reading Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
All
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From this reading Then followed that beautiful season, Called by the pious Acadian peasants the summer of All Saints!
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
arrived
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From this reading Two years have worn on their slow course, two tedious, weary years, and the first days of December have again arrived.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
axe
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From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
back-woodsman
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From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
beautiful
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From this reading Then followed that beautiful season, Called by the pious Acadian peasants the summer of All Saints!
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Then followed that beautiful season, Called by the pious Acadian peasants the summer of All Saints!
Called
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From this reading Then followed that beautiful season, Called by the pious Acadian peasants the summer of All Saints!
childhood
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From this reading Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
consoled
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From this reading Peace seemed to reign upon earth, and the restless heart of the ocean Was for a moment consoled.--LONGFELLOW’S _Evangeline_.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Two years have worn on their slow course, two tedious, weary years, and the first days of December have again arrived.
created
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From this reading Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
days
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From this reading Two years have worn on their slow course, two tedious, weary years, and the first days of December have again arrived.
December
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From this reading Two years have worn on their slow course, two tedious, weary years, and the first days of December have again arrived.
dreamy
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From this reading Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
earth
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From this reading Peace seemed to reign upon earth, and the restless heart of the ocean Was for a moment consoled.--LONGFELLOW’S _Evangeline_.
England
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Evangeline
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From this reading Peace seemed to reign upon earth, and the restless heart of the ocean Was for a moment consoled.--LONGFELLOW’S _Evangeline_.
Filled
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From this reading Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Two years have worn on their slow course, two tedious, weary years, and the first days of December have again arrived.
followed
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From this reading Then followed that beautiful season, Called by the pious Acadian peasants the summer of All Saints!
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Peace seemed to reign upon earth, and the restless heart of the ocean Was for a moment consoled.--LONGFELLOW’S _Evangeline_.
forest
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freshness
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From this reading Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
full
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From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
giant
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From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Two years have worn on their slow course, two tedious, weary years, and the first days of December have again arrived.
heart
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From this reading Peace seemed to reign upon earth, and the restless heart of the ocean Was for a moment consoled.--LONGFELLOW’S _Evangeline_.
hemlocks
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From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
landscape
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From this reading Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
Lay
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From this reading Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
lifted
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From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
light
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From this reading Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
LONGFELLOW'S
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From this reading Peace seemed to reign upon earth, and the restless heart of the ocean Was for a moment consoled.--LONGFELLOW’S _Evangeline_.
magical
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From this reading Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
moment
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From this reading Peace seemed to reign upon earth, and the restless heart of the ocean Was for a moment consoled.--LONGFELLOW’S _Evangeline_.
monarch
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From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
new
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From this reading Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
now
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From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
oak
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From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
ocean
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From this reading Peace seemed to reign upon earth, and the restless heart of the ocean Was for a moment consoled.--LONGFELLOW’S _Evangeline_.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then followed that beautiful season, Called by the pious Acadian peasants the summer of All Saints!
old
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From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Two years have worn on their slow course, two tedious, weary years, and the first days of December have again arrived.
outskirts
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From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
Peace
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From this reading Peace seemed to reign upon earth, and the restless heart of the ocean Was for a moment consoled.--LONGFELLOW’S _Evangeline_.
peasants
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From this reading Then followed that beautiful season, Called by the pious Acadian peasants the summer of All Saints!
perhaps
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From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
pines
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From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
pious
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From this reading Then followed that beautiful season, Called by the pious Acadian peasants the summer of All Saints!
primeval
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From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
reign
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From this reading Peace seemed to reign upon earth, and the restless heart of the ocean Was for a moment consoled.--LONGFELLOW’S _Evangeline_.
restless
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From this reading Peace seemed to reign upon earth, and the restless heart of the ocean Was for a moment consoled.--LONGFELLOW’S _Evangeline_.
Saints
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From this reading Then followed that beautiful season, Called by the pious Acadian peasants the summer of All Saints!
season
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From this reading Then followed that beautiful season, Called by the pious Acadian peasants the summer of All Saints!
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Peace seemed to reign upon earth, and the restless heart of the ocean Was for a moment consoled.--LONGFELLOW’S _Evangeline_.
sky
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From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
slow
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From this reading Two years have worn on their slow course, two tedious, weary years, and the first days of December have again arrived.
summer
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From this reading Then followed that beautiful season, Called by the pious Acadian peasants the summer of All Saints!
sunnier
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From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
tedious
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From this reading Two years have worn on their slow course, two tedious, weary years, and the first days of December have again arrived.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Then followed that beautiful season, Called by the pious Acadian peasants the summer of All Saints!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then followed that beautiful season, Called by the pious Acadian peasants the summer of All Saints!
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Two years have worn on their slow course, two tedious, weary years, and the first days of December have again arrived.
Then
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From this reading Then followed that beautiful season, Called by the pious Acadian peasants the summer of All Saints!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Peace seemed to reign upon earth, and the restless heart of the ocean Was for a moment consoled.--LONGFELLOW’S _Evangeline_.
Two
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From this reading Two years have worn on their slow course, two tedious, weary years, and the first days of December have again arrived.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Peace seemed to reign upon earth, and the restless heart of the ocean Was for a moment consoled.--LONGFELLOW’S _Evangeline_.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
weary
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From this reading Two years have worn on their slow course, two tedious, weary years, and the first days of December have again arrived.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
wide-spreading
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From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
wornverbUS /wɔːrn/
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading Two years have worn on their slow course, two tedious, weary years, and the first days of December have again arrived.
years
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From this reading Two years have worn on their slow course, two tedious, weary years, and the first days of December have again arrived.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading We are now under a sunnier sky than that of England, and on the outskirts of an old, wide-spreading, perhaps, primeval forest, full of giant pines and hemlocks, and the monarch oak, beside which the axe of the back-woodsman has never yet been lifted.
