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Chapter I
MAY-DAY SONG. "The flowers are blooming everywhere, On every hill and dell, And O, how beautiful they are! How sweetly, too, they smell! "The little brooks, they dance along, And look so glad and gay; I love to hear their pleasant song, I feel as glad as they. "The young lambs bleat and frisk about, The bees hum round their hive, The butterflies are coming out,-- 'Tis good to be alive.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “"The young lambs bleat and frisk about, The bees hum round their hive, The butterflies are coming out,-- 'Tis good to be alive.”
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “"The little brooks, they dance along, And look so glad and gay; I love to hear their pleasant song, I feel as glad as they.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “"The flowers are blooming everywhere, On every hill and dell, And O, how beautiful they are!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"The young lambs bleat and frisk about, The bees hum round their hive, The butterflies are coming out,-- 'Tis good to be alive.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"The little brooks, they dance along, And look so glad and gay; I love to hear their pleasant song, I feel as glad as they.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"The little brooks, they dance along, And look so glad and gay; I love to hear their pleasant song, I feel as glad as they.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"The little brooks, they dance along, And look so glad and gay; I love to hear their pleasant song, I feel as glad as they.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"The little brooks, they dance along, And look so glad and gay; I love to hear their pleasant song, I feel as glad as they.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "The young lambs bleat and frisk about, The bees hum round their hive, The butterflies are coming out,-- 'Tis good to be alive.
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From this reading "The young lambs bleat and frisk about, The bees hum round their hive, The butterflies are coming out,-- 'Tis good to be alive.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading "The little brooks, they dance along, And look so glad and gay; I love to hear their pleasant song, I feel as glad as they.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "The flowers are blooming everywhere, On every hill and dell, And O, how beautiful they are!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "The flowers are blooming everywhere, On every hill and dell, And O, how beautiful they are!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "The little brooks, they dance along, And look so glad and gay; I love to hear their pleasant song, I feel as glad as they.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "The young lambs bleat and frisk about, The bees hum round their hive, The butterflies are coming out,-- 'Tis good to be alive.
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From this reading "The flowers are blooming everywhere, On every hill and dell, And O, how beautiful they are!
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From this reading "The young lambs bleat and frisk about, The bees hum round their hive, The butterflies are coming out,-- 'Tis good to be alive.
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From this reading "The young lambs bleat and frisk about, The bees hum round their hive, The butterflies are coming out,-- 'Tis good to be alive.
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From this reading "The flowers are blooming everywhere, On every hill and dell, And O, how beautiful they are!
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From this reading "The little brooks, they dance along, And look so glad and gay; I love to hear their pleasant song, I feel as glad as they.
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From this reading "The young lambs bleat and frisk about, The bees hum round their hive, The butterflies are coming out,-- 'Tis good to be alive.
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From this reading "The young lambs bleat and frisk about, The bees hum round their hive, The butterflies are coming out,-- 'Tis good to be alive.
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From this reading "The little brooks, they dance along, And look so glad and gay; I love to hear their pleasant song, I feel as glad as they.
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From this reading "The flowers are blooming everywhere, On every hill and dell, And O, how beautiful they are!
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading "The flowers are blooming everywhere, On every hill and dell, And O, how beautiful they are!
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From this reading "The flowers are blooming everywhere, On every hill and dell, And O, how beautiful they are!
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From this reading "The little brooks, they dance along, And look so glad and gay; I love to hear their pleasant song, I feel as glad as they.
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From this reading "The flowers are blooming everywhere, On every hill and dell, And O, how beautiful they are!
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From this reading "The young lambs bleat and frisk about, The bees hum round their hive, The butterflies are coming out,-- 'Tis good to be alive.
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From this reading "The little brooks, they dance along, And look so glad and gay; I love to hear their pleasant song, I feel as glad as they.
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From this reading "The little brooks, they dance along, And look so glad and gay; I love to hear their pleasant song, I feel as glad as they.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The young lambs bleat and frisk about, The bees hum round their hive, The butterflies are coming out,-- 'Tis good to be alive.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The little brooks, they dance along, And look so glad and gay; I love to hear their pleasant song, I feel as glad as they.
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From this reading "The flowers are blooming everywhere, On every hill and dell, And O, how beautiful they are!
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From this reading "The young lambs bleat and frisk about, The bees hum round their hive, The butterflies are coming out,-- 'Tis good to be alive.
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From this reading "The flowers are blooming everywhere, On every hill and dell, And O, how beautiful they are!
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From this reading "The young lambs bleat and frisk about, The bees hum round their hive, The butterflies are coming out,-- 'Tis good to be alive.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "The little brooks, they dance along, And look so glad and gay; I love to hear their pleasant song, I feel as glad as they.
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From this reading "The young lambs bleat and frisk about, The bees hum round their hive, The butterflies are coming out,-- 'Tis good to be alive.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The little brooks, they dance along, And look so glad and gay; I love to hear their pleasant song, I feel as glad as they.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The little brooks, they dance along, And look so glad and gay; I love to hear their pleasant song, I feel as glad as they.
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From this reading "The little brooks, they dance along, And look so glad and gay; I love to hear their pleasant song, I feel as glad as they.
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From this reading MAY-DAY SONG.
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From this reading "The flowers are blooming everywhere, On every hill and dell, And O, how beautiful they are!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "The flowers are blooming everywhere, On every hill and dell, And O, how beautiful they are!
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From this reading "The young lambs bleat and frisk about, The bees hum round their hive, The butterflies are coming out,-- 'Tis good to be alive.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The little brooks, they dance along, And look so glad and gay; I love to hear their pleasant song, I feel as glad as they.
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From this reading "The young lambs bleat and frisk about, The bees hum round their hive, The butterflies are coming out,-- 'Tis good to be alive.
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From this reading How sweetly, too, they smell!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "The little brooks, they dance along, And look so glad and gay; I love to hear their pleasant song, I feel as glad as they.
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From this reading MAY-DAY SONG.
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From this reading How sweetly, too, they smell!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The flowers are blooming everywhere, On every hill and dell, And O, how beautiful they are!
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "The little brooks, they dance along, And look so glad and gay; I love to hear their pleasant song, I feel as glad as they.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "The flowers are blooming everywhere, On every hill and dell, And O, how beautiful they are!
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From this reading "The young lambs bleat and frisk about, The bees hum round their hive, The butterflies are coming out,-- 'Tis good to be alive.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "The little brooks, they dance along, And look so glad and gay; I love to hear their pleasant song, I feel as glad as they.
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From this reading How sweetly, too, they smell!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The young lambs bleat and frisk about, The bees hum round their hive, The butterflies are coming out,-- 'Tis good to be alive.
