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ah
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From this reading He was the same handsome, debonair Rex, but ah, how changed!
all
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From this reading The crimson-breasted robins were singing in the budding branches of the trees, and all Nature reminded one the glorious spring had come.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The months flew quickly by; the cold winter had slipped away, and the bright green grass and early violets were sprinkling the distant hill-slopes.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Rex Lyon stood upon the porch of Whitestone Hall gazing up at the white, fleecy clouds that scudded over the blue sky, lost in deep thought.
away
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From this reading The months flew quickly by; the cold winter had slipped away, and the bright green grass and early violets were sprinkling the distant hill-slopes.
blue
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branches
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bright
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From this reading The months flew quickly by; the cold winter had slipped away, and the bright green grass and early violets were sprinkling the distant hill-slopes.
brown
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From this reading The merry, laughing brown eyes looked silent and grave enough now, and the lips the drooping brown mustache covered rarely smiled.
budding
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From this reading The crimson-breasted robins were singing in the budding branches of the trees, and all Nature reminded one the glorious spring had come.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He was the same handsome, debonair Rex, but ah, how changed!
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The months flew quickly by; the cold winter had slipped away, and the bright green grass and early violets were sprinkling the distant hill-slopes.
changed
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From this reading He was the same handsome, debonair Rex, but ah, how changed!
clouds
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cold
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From this reading The months flew quickly by; the cold winter had slipped away, and the bright green grass and early violets were sprinkling the distant hill-slopes.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The crimson-breasted robins were singing in the budding branches of the trees, and all Nature reminded one the glorious spring had come.
covered
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crimson-breasted
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From this reading The crimson-breasted robins were singing in the budding branches of the trees, and all Nature reminded one the glorious spring had come.
debonair
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From this reading He was the same handsome, debonair Rex, but ah, how changed!
deep
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From this reading Rex Lyon stood upon the porch of Whitestone Hall gazing up at the white, fleecy clouds that scudded over the blue sky, lost in deep thought.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading The months flew quickly by; the cold winter had slipped away, and the bright green grass and early violets were sprinkling the distant hill-slopes.
drooping
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From this reading The merry, laughing brown eyes looked silent and grave enough now, and the lips the drooping brown mustache covered rarely smiled.
early
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From this reading The months flew quickly by; the cold winter had slipped away, and the bright green grass and early violets were sprinkling the distant hill-slopes.
enough
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From this reading The merry, laughing brown eyes looked silent and grave enough now, and the lips the drooping brown mustache covered rarely smiled.
eyes
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From this reading The merry, laughing brown eyes looked silent and grave enough now, and the lips the drooping brown mustache covered rarely smiled.
fleecy
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From this reading Rex Lyon stood upon the porch of Whitestone Hall gazing up at the white, fleecy clouds that scudded over the blue sky, lost in deep thought.
flew
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From this reading The months flew quickly by; the cold winter had slipped away, and the bright green grass and early violets were sprinkling the distant hill-slopes.
gazing
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glorious
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From this reading The crimson-breasted robins were singing in the budding branches of the trees, and all Nature reminded one the glorious spring had come.
grass
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From this reading The months flew quickly by; the cold winter had slipped away, and the bright green grass and early violets were sprinkling the distant hill-slopes.
grave
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From this reading The merry, laughing brown eyes looked silent and grave enough now, and the lips the drooping brown mustache covered rarely smiled.
green
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From this reading The months flew quickly by; the cold winter had slipped away, and the bright green grass and early violets were sprinkling the distant hill-slopes.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The months flew quickly by; the cold winter had slipped away, and the bright green grass and early violets were sprinkling the distant hill-slopes.
Hall
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From this reading Rex Lyon stood upon the porch of Whitestone Hall gazing up at the white, fleecy clouds that scudded over the blue sky, lost in deep thought.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He was the same handsome, debonair Rex, but ah, how changed!
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was the same handsome, debonair Rex, but ah, how changed!
hill-slopes
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From this reading The months flew quickly by; the cold winter had slipped away, and the bright green grass and early violets were sprinkling the distant hill-slopes.
how
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From this reading He was the same handsome, debonair Rex, but ah, how changed!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The crimson-breasted robins were singing in the budding branches of the trees, and all Nature reminded one the glorious spring had come.
laughing
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From this reading The merry, laughing brown eyes looked silent and grave enough now, and the lips the drooping brown mustache covered rarely smiled.
lips
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From this reading The merry, laughing brown eyes looked silent and grave enough now, and the lips the drooping brown mustache covered rarely smiled.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The merry, laughing brown eyes looked silent and grave enough now, and the lips the drooping brown mustache covered rarely smiled.
lost
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From this reading Rex Lyon stood upon the porch of Whitestone Hall gazing up at the white, fleecy clouds that scudded over the blue sky, lost in deep thought.
Lyon
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merry
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From this reading The merry, laughing brown eyes looked silent and grave enough now, and the lips the drooping brown mustache covered rarely smiled.
months
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From this reading The months flew quickly by; the cold winter had slipped away, and the bright green grass and early violets were sprinkling the distant hill-slopes.
mustache
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Nature
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From this reading The crimson-breasted robins were singing in the budding branches of the trees, and all Nature reminded one the glorious spring had come.
now
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From this reading The merry, laughing brown eyes looked silent and grave enough now, and the lips the drooping brown mustache covered rarely smiled.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The crimson-breasted robins were singing in the budding branches of the trees, and all Nature reminded one the glorious spring had come.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The crimson-breasted robins were singing in the budding branches of the trees, and all Nature reminded one the glorious spring had come.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Rex Lyon stood upon the porch of Whitestone Hall gazing up at the white, fleecy clouds that scudded over the blue sky, lost in deep thought.
porch
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From this reading Rex Lyon stood upon the porch of Whitestone Hall gazing up at the white, fleecy clouds that scudded over the blue sky, lost in deep thought.
quickly
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From this reading The months flew quickly by; the cold winter had slipped away, and the bright green grass and early violets were sprinkling the distant hill-slopes.
rarely
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From this reading The merry, laughing brown eyes looked silent and grave enough now, and the lips the drooping brown mustache covered rarely smiled.
reminded
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From this reading The crimson-breasted robins were singing in the budding branches of the trees, and all Nature reminded one the glorious spring had come.
Rex
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From this reading Rex Lyon stood upon the porch of Whitestone Hall gazing up at the white, fleecy clouds that scudded over the blue sky, lost in deep thought.
robins
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From this reading The crimson-breasted robins were singing in the budding branches of the trees, and all Nature reminded one the glorious spring had come.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was the same handsome, debonair Rex, but ah, how changed!
scudded
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From this reading Rex Lyon stood upon the porch of Whitestone Hall gazing up at the white, fleecy clouds that scudded over the blue sky, lost in deep thought.
silent
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From this reading The merry, laughing brown eyes looked silent and grave enough now, and the lips the drooping brown mustache covered rarely smiled.
singing
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From this reading The crimson-breasted robins were singing in the budding branches of the trees, and all Nature reminded one the glorious spring had come.
sky
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From this reading Rex Lyon stood upon the porch of Whitestone Hall gazing up at the white, fleecy clouds that scudded over the blue sky, lost in deep thought.
slipped
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From this reading The months flew quickly by; the cold winter had slipped away, and the bright green grass and early violets were sprinkling the distant hill-slopes.
smiled
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From this reading The merry, laughing brown eyes looked silent and grave enough now, and the lips the drooping brown mustache covered rarely smiled.
spring
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From this reading The crimson-breasted robins were singing in the budding branches of the trees, and all Nature reminded one the glorious spring had come.
sprinkling
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From this reading The months flew quickly by; the cold winter had slipped away, and the bright green grass and early violets were sprinkling the distant hill-slopes.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Rex Lyon stood upon the porch of Whitestone Hall gazing up at the white, fleecy clouds that scudded over the blue sky, lost in deep thought.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Rex Lyon stood upon the porch of Whitestone Hall gazing up at the white, fleecy clouds that scudded over the blue sky, lost in deep thought.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The months flew quickly by; the cold winter had slipped away, and the bright green grass and early violets were sprinkling the distant hill-slopes.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Rex Lyon stood upon the porch of Whitestone Hall gazing up at the white, fleecy clouds that scudded over the blue sky, lost in deep thought.
trees
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From this reading The crimson-breasted robins were singing in the budding branches of the trees, and all Nature reminded one the glorious spring had come.
up
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From this reading Rex Lyon stood upon the porch of Whitestone Hall gazing up at the white, fleecy clouds that scudded over the blue sky, lost in deep thought.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Rex Lyon stood upon the porch of Whitestone Hall gazing up at the white, fleecy clouds that scudded over the blue sky, lost in deep thought.
violets
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From this reading The months flew quickly by; the cold winter had slipped away, and the bright green grass and early violets were sprinkling the distant hill-slopes.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was the same handsome, debonair Rex, but ah, how changed!
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The months flew quickly by; the cold winter had slipped away, and the bright green grass and early violets were sprinkling the distant hill-slopes.
white
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From this reading Rex Lyon stood upon the porch of Whitestone Hall gazing up at the white, fleecy clouds that scudded over the blue sky, lost in deep thought.
Whitestone
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From this reading Rex Lyon stood upon the porch of Whitestone Hall gazing up at the white, fleecy clouds that scudded over the blue sky, lost in deep thought.
winter
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From this reading The months flew quickly by; the cold winter had slipped away, and the bright green grass and early violets were sprinkling the distant hill-slopes.
