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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 Contemplating its great girth--crinkled and a little mossed, but not yet hollow--he would speculate on the passage of time.
account
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From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
all
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From this reading Of all spots in the world it was perhaps the most sacred to him, for he had loved his father.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Since then Swithin had dreamed, and old Jolyon died, beneath its branches.
Bosinney
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From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
branches
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From this reading Since then Swithin had dreamed, and old Jolyon died, beneath its branches.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Contemplating its great girth--crinkled and a little mossed, but not yet hollow--he would speculate on the passage of time.
close
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From this reading And now, close to the swing, no-longer-young Jolyon often painted there.
Contemplating
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From this reading Contemplating its great girth--crinkled and a little mossed, but not yet hollow--he would speculate on the passage of time.
crinkled
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From this reading Contemplating its great girth--crinkled and a little mossed, but not yet hollow--he would speculate on the passage of time.
day
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From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
died
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From this reading Since then Swithin had dreamed, and old Jolyon died, beneath its branches.
dreamed
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From this reading Since then Swithin had dreamed, and old Jolyon died, beneath its branches.
father
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From this reading Of all spots in the world it was perhaps the most sacred to him, for he had loved his father.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
Forsyte
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From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
girth
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From this reading Contemplating its great girth--crinkled and a little mossed, but not yet hollow--he would speculate on the passage of time.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Contemplating its great girth--crinkled and a little mossed, but not yet hollow--he would speculate on the passage of time.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Since then Swithin had dreamed, and old Jolyon died, beneath its branches.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Of all spots in the world it was perhaps the most sacred to him, for he had loved his father.
Hill
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From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Of all spots in the world it was perhaps the most sacred to him, for he had loved his father.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Of all spots in the world it was perhaps the most sacred to him, for he had loved his father.
hollow
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From this reading Contemplating its great girth--crinkled and a little mossed, but not yet hollow--he would speculate on the passage of time.
HOME
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From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
house
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From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
I've
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From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Of all spots in the world it was perhaps the most sacred to him, for he had loved his father.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Since then Swithin had dreamed, and old Jolyon died, beneath its branches.
JOLYON
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From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
lawn
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From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
loved
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From this reading Of all spots in the world it was perhaps the most sacred to him, for he had loved his father.
mossed
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From this reading Contemplating its great girth--crinkled and a little mossed, but not yet hollow--he would speculate on the passage of time.
most
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From this reading Of all spots in the world it was perhaps the most sacred to him, for he had loved his father.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
NO-LONGER-YOUNG
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From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Contemplating its great girth--crinkled and a little mossed, but not yet hollow--he would speculate on the passage of time.
now
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From this reading And now, close to the swing, no-longer-young Jolyon often painted there.
oak
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From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
often
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From this reading And now, close to the swing, no-longer-young Jolyon often painted there.
old
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From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
older
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From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
painted
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From this reading And now, close to the swing, no-longer-young Jolyon often painted there.
passagenounUS /ˈpassage/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Contemplating its great girth--crinkled and a little mossed, but not yet hollow--he would speculate on the passage of time.
perhaps
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From this reading Of all spots in the world it was perhaps the most sacred to him, for he had loved his father.
place
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From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
Robin
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From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
sacred
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From this reading Of all spots in the world it was perhaps the most sacred to him, for he had loved his father.
said
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From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
SinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Since then Swithin had dreamed, and old Jolyon died, beneath its branches.
Soames
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From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
speculate
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From this reading Contemplating its great girth--crinkled and a little mossed, but not yet hollow--he would speculate on the passage of time.
spots
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From this reading Of all spots in the world it was perhaps the most sacred to him, for he had loved his father.
sprawled
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From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
swing
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From this reading And now, close to the swing, no-longer-young Jolyon often painted there.
Swithin
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From this reading Since then Swithin had dreamed, and old Jolyon died, beneath its branches.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
then
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From this reading Since then Swithin had dreamed, and old Jolyon died, beneath its branches.
there
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From this reading And now, close to the swing, no-longer-young Jolyon often painted there.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
Trees
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From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
upper
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From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
very
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From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Of all spots in the world it was perhaps the most sacred to him, for he had loved his father.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
world
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From this reading Of all spots in the world it was perhaps the most sacred to him, for he had loved his father.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Contemplating its great girth--crinkled and a little mossed, but not yet hollow--he would speculate on the passage of time.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Contemplating its great girth--crinkled and a little mossed, but not yet hollow--he would speculate on the passage of time.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading NO-LONGER-YOUNG JOLYON AT HOME Trees take little account of time, and the old oak on the upper lawn at Robin Hill looked no day older than when Bosinney sprawled under it and said to Soames: "Forsyte, I've found the very place for your house."
