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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 Demagogue and the Demi-monde The Giant Poppy Roses The Man With the Golden Ear-rings The Dream of King Karna-Vootra The Storm A Mistaken Identity The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise Alone the Immortals A Moral Little Tale The Return of Song
adventurers
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From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Spring In Town How the Enemy Came to Thlunrana A Losing Game Taking Up Picadilly After the Fire The City The Food of Death The Lonely Idol The Sphinx in Thebes (Massachusetts) The Reward The Trouble in Leafy Green Street The Mist Furrow-Maker Lobster Salad
AlonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Demagogue and the Demi-monde The Giant Poppy Roses The Man With the Golden Ear-rings The Dream of King Karna-Vootra The Storm A Mistaken Identity The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise Alone the Immortals A Moral Little Tale The Return of Song
always
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From this reading And after a while whenever these garlands died the poet came to her with his chaplets of song; and still she laughed at him and wore the worthless wreaths, though they always died at evening.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Demagogue and the Demi-monde The Giant Poppy Roses The Man With the Golden Ear-rings The Dream of King Karna-Vootra The Storm A Mistaken Identity The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise Alone the Immortals A Moral Little Tale The Return of Song
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
ASSIGNATION
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From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And after a while whenever these garlands died the poet came to her with his chaplets of song; and still she laughed at him and wore the worthless wreaths, though they always died at evening.
Blackbird
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From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
boisterous
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From this reading And still the poet made for her little chaplets of song, to deck her forehead in the courts of Time: and still she wore instead the worthless garlands, that boisterous citizens flung to her in the ways, made out of perishable things.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
Came
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chaplets
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From this reading And still the poet made for her little chaplets of song, to deck her forehead in the courts of Time: and still she wore instead the worthless garlands, that boisterous citizens flung to her in the ways, made out of perishable things.
citizens
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City
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ComenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
Compromise
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courts
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From this reading And still the poet made for her little chaplets of song, to deck her forehead in the courts of Time: and still she wore instead the worthless garlands, that boisterous citizens flung to her in the ways, made out of perishable things.
Death
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deck
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From this reading And still the poet made for her little chaplets of song, to deck her forehead in the courts of Time: and still she wore instead the worthless garlands, that boisterous citizens flung to her in the ways, made out of perishable things.
Demagogue
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Demi-monde
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died
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From this reading And after a while whenever these garlands died the poet came to her with his chaplets of song; and still she laughed at him and wore the worthless wreaths, though they always died at evening.
DreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading The Demagogue and the Demi-monde The Giant Poppy Roses The Man With the Golden Ear-rings The Dream of King Karna-Vootra The Storm A Mistaken Identity The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise Alone the Immortals A Moral Little Tale The Return of Song
Ear-rings
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Enemy
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evening
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From this reading And after a while whenever these garlands died the poet came to her with his chaplets of song; and still she laughed at him and wore the worthless wreaths, though they always died at evening.
Exiles
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From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
Fame
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Fire
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flung
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From this reading And still the poet made for her little chaplets of song, to deck her forehead in the courts of Time: and still she wore instead the worthless garlands, that boisterous citizens flung to her in the ways, made out of perishable things.
Food
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And still the poet made for her little chaplets of song, to deck her forehead in the courts of Time: and still she wore instead the worthless garlands, that boisterous citizens flung to her in the ways, made out of perishable things.
forehead
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From this reading And still the poet made for her little chaplets of song, to deck her forehead in the courts of Time: and still she wore instead the worthless garlands, that boisterous citizens flung to her in the ways, made out of perishable things.
Furrow-Maker
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Game
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From this reading Spring In Town How the Enemy Came to Thlunrana A Losing Game Taking Up Picadilly After the Fire The City The Food of Death The Lonely Idol The Sphinx in Thebes (Massachusetts) The Reward The Trouble in Leafy Green Street The Mist Furrow-Maker Lobster Salad
garlands
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From this reading And still the poet made for her little chaplets of song, to deck her forehead in the courts of Time: and still she wore instead the worthless garlands, that boisterous citizens flung to her in the ways, made out of perishable things.
Giant
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From this reading The Demagogue and the Demi-monde The Giant Poppy Roses The Man With the Golden Ear-rings The Dream of King Karna-Vootra The Storm A Mistaken Identity The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise Alone the Immortals A Moral Little Tale The Return of Song
Golden
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Green
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Hare
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From this reading The Demagogue and the Demi-monde The Giant Poppy Roses The Man With the Golden Ear-rings The Dream of King Karna-Vootra The Storm A Mistaken Identity The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise Alone the Immortals A Moral Little Tale The Return of Song
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And still the poet made for her little chaplets of song, to deck her forehead in the courts of Time: and still she wore instead the worthless garlands, that boisterous citizens flung to her in the ways, made out of perishable things.
highways
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From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And after a while whenever these garlands died the poet came to her with his chaplets of song; and still she laughed at him and wore the worthless wreaths, though they always died at evening.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And after a while whenever these garlands died the poet came to her with his chaplets of song; and still she laughed at him and wore the worthless wreaths, though they always died at evening.
History
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From this reading The Demagogue and the Demi-monde The Giant Poppy Roses The Man With the Golden Ear-rings The Dream of King Karna-Vootra The Storm A Mistaken Identity The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise Alone the Immortals A Moral Little Tale The Return of Song
How
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Identity
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From this reading The Demagogue and the Demi-monde The Giant Poppy Roses The Man With the Golden Ear-rings The Dream of King Karna-Vootra The Storm A Mistaken Identity The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise Alone the Immortals A Moral Little Tale The Return of Song
Idol
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Immortals
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InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Spring In Town How the Enemy Came to Thlunrana A Losing Game Taking Up Picadilly After the Fire The City The Food of Death The Lonely Idol The Sphinx in Thebes (Massachusetts) The Reward The Trouble in Leafy Green Street The Mist Furrow-Maker Lobster Salad
instead
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From this reading And still the poet made for her little chaplets of song, to deck her forehead in the courts of Time: and still she wore instead the worthless garlands, that boisterous citizens flung to her in the ways, made out of perishable things.
Karna-Vootra
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King
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laughed
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From this reading And after a while whenever these garlands died the poet came to her with his chaplets of song; and still she laughed at him and wore the worthless wreaths, though they always died at evening.
Leafy
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LittlenounUS /little/
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From this reading The Demagogue and the Demi-monde The Giant Poppy Roses The Man With the Golden Ear-rings The Dream of King Karna-Vootra The Storm A Mistaken Identity The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise Alone the Immortals A Moral Little Tale The Return of Song
Lobster
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Lonely
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From this reading Spring In Town How the Enemy Came to Thlunrana A Losing Game Taking Up Picadilly After the Fire The City The Food of Death The Lonely Idol The Sphinx in Thebes (Massachusetts) The Reward The Trouble in Leafy Green Street The Mist Furrow-Maker Lobster Salad
Losing
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From this reading Spring In Town How the Enemy Came to Thlunrana A Losing Game Taking Up Picadilly After the Fire The City The Food of Death The Lonely Idol The Sphinx in Thebes (Massachusetts) The Reward The Trouble in Leafy Green Street The Mist Furrow-Maker Lobster Salad
made
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From this reading And still the poet made for her little chaplets of song, to deck her forehead in the courts of Time: and still she wore instead the worthless garlands, that boisterous citizens flung to her in the ways, made out of perishable things.
Man
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From this reading The Demagogue and the Demi-monde The Giant Poppy Roses The Man With the Golden Ear-rings The Dream of King Karna-Vootra The Storm A Mistaken Identity The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise Alone the Immortals A Moral Little Tale The Return of Song
Massachusetts
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Messengers
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From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
Mist
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Mistaken
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Moral
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Nature
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From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Demagogue and the Demi-monde The Giant Poppy Roses The Man With the Golden Ear-rings The Dream of King Karna-Vootra The Storm A Mistaken Identity The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise Alone the Immortals A Moral Little Tale The Return of Song
out
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From this reading And still the poet made for her little chaplets of song, to deck her forehead in the courts of Time: and still she wore instead the worthless garlands, that boisterous citizens flung to her in the ways, made out of perishable things.
Pan
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From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
perishable
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From this reading And still the poet made for her little chaplets of song, to deck her forehead in the courts of Time: and still she wore instead the worthless garlands, that boisterous citizens flung to her in the ways, made out of perishable things.
Picadilly
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poet
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Poppy
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From this reading The Demagogue and the Demi-monde The Giant Poppy Roses The Man With the Golden Ear-rings The Dream of King Karna-Vootra The Storm A Mistaken Identity The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise Alone the Immortals A Moral Little Tale The Return of Song
Return
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Reward
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Roses
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From this reading The Demagogue and the Demi-monde The Giant Poppy Roses The Man With the Golden Ear-rings The Dream of King Karna-Vootra The Storm A Mistaken Identity The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise Alone the Immortals A Moral Little Tale The Return of Song
Salad
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sang
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From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
singing
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From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
Song
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From this reading The Demagogue and the Demi-monde The Giant Poppy Roses The Man With the Golden Ear-rings The Dream of King Karna-Vootra The Storm A Mistaken Identity The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise Alone the Immortals A Moral Little Tale The Return of Song
Sons
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From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
sordid
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From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
Sphinx
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Spring
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stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And still the poet made for her little chaplets of song, to deck her forehead in the courts of Time: and still she wore instead the worthless garlands, that boisterous citizens flung to her in the ways, made out of perishable things.
Storm
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From this reading The Demagogue and the Demi-monde The Giant Poppy Roses The Man With the Golden Ear-rings The Dream of King Karna-Vootra The Storm A Mistaken Identity The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise Alone the Immortals A Moral Little Tale The Return of Song
Street
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From this reading Spring In Town How the Enemy Came to Thlunrana A Losing Game Taking Up Picadilly After the Fire The City The Food of Death The Lonely Idol The Sphinx in Thebes (Massachusetts) The Reward The Trouble in Leafy Green Street The Mist Furrow-Maker Lobster Salad
Taking
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From this reading Spring In Town How the Enemy Came to Thlunrana A Losing Game Taking Up Picadilly After the Fire The City The Food of Death The Lonely Idol The Sphinx in Thebes (Massachusetts) The Reward The Trouble in Leafy Green Street The Mist Furrow-Maker Lobster Salad
Tale
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From this reading The Demagogue and the Demi-monde The Giant Poppy Roses The Man With the Golden Ear-rings The Dream of King Karna-Vootra The Storm A Mistaken Identity The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise Alone the Immortals A Moral Little Tale The Return of Song
Tall
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From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And still the poet made for her little chaplets of song, to deck her forehead in the courts of Time: and still she wore instead the worthless garlands, that boisterous citizens flung to her in the ways, made out of perishable things.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Demagogue and the Demi-monde The Giant Poppy Roses The Man With the Golden Ear-rings The Dream of King Karna-Vootra The Storm A Mistaken Identity The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise Alone the Immortals A Moral Little Tale The Return of Song
Thebes
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From this reading Spring In Town How the Enemy Came to Thlunrana A Losing Game Taking Up Picadilly After the Fire The City The Food of Death The Lonely Idol The Sphinx in Thebes (Massachusetts) The Reward The Trouble in Leafy Green Street The Mist Furrow-Maker Lobster Salad
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading And after a while whenever these garlands died the poet came to her with his chaplets of song; and still she laughed at him and wore the worthless wreaths, though they always died at evening.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And after a while whenever these garlands died the poet came to her with his chaplets of song; and still she laughed at him and wore the worthless wreaths, though they always died at evening.
things
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From this reading And still the poet made for her little chaplets of song, to deck her forehead in the courts of Time: and still she wore instead the worthless garlands, that boisterous citizens flung to her in the ways, made out of perishable things.
Thlunrana
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From this reading Spring In Town How the Enemy Came to Thlunrana A Losing Game Taking Up Picadilly After the Fire The City The Food of Death The Lonely Idol The Sphinx in Thebes (Massachusetts) The Reward The Trouble in Leafy Green Street The Mist Furrow-Maker Lobster Salad
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading And after a while whenever these garlands died the poet came to her with his chaplets of song; and still she laughed at him and wore the worthless wreaths, though they always died at evening.
Three
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From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
TimenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Spring In Town How the Enemy Came to Thlunrana A Losing Game Taking Up Picadilly After the Fire The City The Food of Death The Lonely Idol The Sphinx in Thebes (Massachusetts) The Reward The Trouble in Leafy Green Street The Mist Furrow-Maker Lobster Salad
Tomb
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From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
Tortoise
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From this reading The Demagogue and the Demi-monde The Giant Poppy Roses The Man With the Golden Ear-rings The Dream of King Karna-Vootra The Storm A Mistaken Identity The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise Alone the Immortals A Moral Little Tale The Return of Song
Town
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From this reading Spring In Town How the Enemy Came to Thlunrana A Losing Game Taking Up Picadilly After the Fire The City The Food of Death The Lonely Idol The Sphinx in Thebes (Massachusetts) The Reward The Trouble in Leafy Green Street The Mist Furrow-Maker Lobster Salad
trifling
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From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
Trouble
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From this reading Spring In Town How the Enemy Came to Thlunrana A Losing Game Taking Up Picadilly After the Fire The City The Food of Death The Lonely Idol The Sphinx in Thebes (Massachusetts) The Reward The Trouble in Leafy Green Street The Mist Furrow-Maker Lobster Salad
True
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From this reading The Demagogue and the Demi-monde The Giant Poppy Roses The Man With the Golden Ear-rings The Dream of King Karna-Vootra The Storm A Mistaken Identity The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise Alone the Immortals A Moral Little Tale The Return of Song
Up
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From this reading Spring In Town How the Enemy Came to Thlunrana A Losing Game Taking Up Picadilly After the Fire The City The Food of Death The Lonely Idol The Sphinx in Thebes (Massachusetts) The Reward The Trouble in Leafy Green Street The Mist Furrow-Maker Lobster Salad
ways
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From this reading And still the poet made for her little chaplets of song, to deck her forehead in the courts of Time: and still she wore instead the worthless garlands, that boisterous citizens flung to her in the ways, made out of perishable things.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The Return of the Exiles Nature and Time The Song of the Blackbird The Messengers The Three Tall Sons Compromise What We Have Come To The Tomb of Pan THE ASSIGNATION Fame singing in the highways, and trifling as she sang, with sordid adventurers, passed the poet by.
wheneverconjunctionUS /weˈnevər/
at any time that; every time that
From this reading And after a while whenever these garlands died the poet came to her with his chaplets of song; and still she laughed at him and wore the worthless wreaths, though they always died at evening.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading And after a while whenever these garlands died the poet came to her with his chaplets of song; and still she laughed at him and wore the worthless wreaths, though they always died at evening.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Demagogue and the Demi-monde The Giant Poppy Roses The Man With the Golden Ear-rings The Dream of King Karna-Vootra The Storm A Mistaken Identity The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise Alone the Immortals A Moral Little Tale The Return of Song
wore
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From this reading And still the poet made for her little chaplets of song, to deck her forehead in the courts of Time: and still she wore instead the worthless garlands, that boisterous citizens flung to her in the ways, made out of perishable things.
worthless
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From this reading And still the poet made for her little chaplets of song, to deck her forehead in the courts of Time: and still she wore instead the worthless garlands, that boisterous citizens flung to her in the ways, made out of perishable things.
wreaths
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From this reading And after a while whenever these garlands died the poet came to her with his chaplets of song; and still she laughed at him and wore the worthless wreaths, though they always died at evening.
