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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 GREAT MIRACLE To enjoy and appreciate to its fullest possibilities a Californian spring, let me choose, for one, to live first through a Californian summer.
air
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE GREAT MIRACLE To enjoy and appreciate to its fullest possibilities a Californian spring, let me choose, for one, to live first through a Californian summer.
any
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
appeared
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
appreciate
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From this reading THE GREAT MIRACLE To enjoy and appreciate to its fullest possibilities a Californian spring, let me choose, for one, to live first through a Californian summer.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
bare
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From this reading Now those plains and slopes yonder lay bare and brown for many months: everything on them was scorched up and covered with thickening dust.
barren
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
beauty
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
boulders
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
brown
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From this reading Now those plains and slopes yonder lay bare and brown for many months: everything on them was scorched up and covered with thickening dust.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
Californian
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From this reading THE GREAT MIRACLE To enjoy and appreciate to its fullest possibilities a Californian spring, let me choose, for one, to live first through a Californian summer.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Then I can see the great miracle with my own eyes, watch it in its tiniest and swiftest workings, and follow it with loving wonder.
charm
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
choosenounUS /choose/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE GREAT MIRACLE To enjoy and appreciate to its fullest possibilities a Californian spring, let me choose, for one, to live first through a Californian summer.
country
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
covered
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From this reading Now those plains and slopes yonder lay bare and brown for many months: everything on them was scorched up and covered with thickening dust.
covering
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From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
donned
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
dust
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From this reading Now those plains and slopes yonder lay bare and brown for many months: everything on them was scorched up and covered with thickening dust.
elsewhere
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From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
enjoy
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From this reading THE GREAT MIRACLE To enjoy and appreciate to its fullest possibilities a Californian spring, let me choose, for one, to live first through a Californian summer.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Now those plains and slopes yonder lay bare and brown for many months: everything on them was scorched up and covered with thickening dust.
eyes
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From this reading Then I can see the great miracle with my own eyes, watch it in its tiniest and swiftest workings, and follow it with loving wonder.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE GREAT MIRACLE To enjoy and appreciate to its fullest possibilities a Californian spring, let me choose, for one, to live first through a Californian summer.
follow
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From this reading Then I can see the great miracle with my own eyes, watch it in its tiniest and swiftest workings, and follow it with loving wonder.
foothills
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE GREAT MIRACLE To enjoy and appreciate to its fullest possibilities a Californian spring, let me choose, for one, to live first through a Californian summer.
fullest
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From this reading THE GREAT MIRACLE To enjoy and appreciate to its fullest possibilities a Californian spring, let me choose, for one, to live first through a Californian summer.
garment
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From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
GREATnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE GREAT MIRACLE To enjoy and appreciate to its fullest possibilities a Californian spring, let me choose, for one, to live first through a Californian summer.
greenness
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From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
growth
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From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
heather
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
hour
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Then I can see the great miracle with my own eyes, watch it in its tiniest and swiftest workings, and follow it with loving wonder.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then I can see the great miracle with my own eyes, watch it in its tiniest and swiftest workings, and follow it with loving wonder.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Then I can see the great miracle with my own eyes, watch it in its tiniest and swiftest workings, and follow it with loving wonder.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading THE GREAT MIRACLE To enjoy and appreciate to its fullest possibilities a Californian spring, let me choose, for one, to live first through a Californian summer.
just
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From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
kept
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From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
kind
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
lay
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From this reading Now those plains and slopes yonder lay bare and brown for many months: everything on them was scorched up and covered with thickening dust.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading THE GREAT MIRACLE To enjoy and appreciate to its fullest possibilities a Californian spring, let me choose, for one, to live first through a Californian summer.
light
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
live
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From this reading THE GREAT MIRACLE To enjoy and appreciate to its fullest possibilities a Californian spring, let me choose, for one, to live first through a Californian summer.
lovelier
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From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
loving
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From this reading Then I can see the great miracle with my own eyes, watch it in its tiniest and swiftest workings, and follow it with loving wonder.
many
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From this reading Now those plains and slopes yonder lay bare and brown for many months: everything on them was scorched up and covered with thickening dust.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE GREAT MIRACLE To enjoy and appreciate to its fullest possibilities a Californian spring, let me choose, for one, to live first through a Californian summer.
MIRACLE
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From this reading THE GREAT MIRACLE To enjoy and appreciate to its fullest possibilities a Californian spring, let me choose, for one, to live first through a Californian summer.
moment
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
months
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From this reading Now those plains and slopes yonder lay bare and brown for many months: everything on them was scorched up and covered with thickening dust.
mountains
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Then I can see the great miracle with my own eyes, watch it in its tiniest and swiftest workings, and follow it with loving wonder.
Nature
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From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
Now
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From this reading Now those plains and slopes yonder lay bare and brown for many months: everything on them was scorched up and covered with thickening dust.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Now those plains and slopes yonder lay bare and brown for many months: everything on them was scorched up and covered with thickening dust.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE GREAT MIRACLE To enjoy and appreciate to its fullest possibilities a Californian spring, let me choose, for one, to live first through a Californian summer.
out
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From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
own
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From this reading Then I can see the great miracle with my own eyes, watch it in its tiniest and swiftest workings, and follow it with loving wonder.
perhaps
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From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
plains
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From this reading Now those plains and slopes yonder lay bare and brown for many months: everything on them was scorched up and covered with thickening dust.
possibilities
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From this reading THE GREAT MIRACLE To enjoy and appreciate to its fullest possibilities a Californian spring, let me choose, for one, to live first through a Californian summer.
purest
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From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
purple
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
really
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From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
remind
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From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
rocks
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
scorchedadjectiveUS /skɔːrtʃt/
Burned by flames or heat; blackened by intense magical or physical fire.
From this reading Now those plains and slopes yonder lay bare and brown for many months: everything on them was scorched up and covered with thickening dust.
see
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From this reading Then I can see the great miracle with my own eyes, watch it in its tiniest and swiftest workings, and follow it with loving wonder.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
sent
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From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
shoots
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From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
single
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
slopes
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From this reading Now those plains and slopes yonder lay bare and brown for many months: everything on them was scorched up and covered with thickening dust.
slumbering
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From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
spring
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From this reading THE GREAT MIRACLE To enjoy and appreciate to its fullest possibilities a Californian spring, let me choose, for one, to live first through a Californian summer.
stones
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
suit
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
sumac
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From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
summer
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From this reading THE GREAT MIRACLE To enjoy and appreciate to its fullest possibilities a Californian spring, let me choose, for one, to live first through a Californian summer.
sunset
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
swiftest
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From this reading Then I can see the great miracle with my own eyes, watch it in its tiniest and swiftest workings, and follow it with loving wonder.
takes
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From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
tender
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From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GREAT MIRACLE To enjoy and appreciate to its fullest possibilities a Californian spring, let me choose, for one, to live first through a Californian summer.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Now those plains and slopes yonder lay bare and brown for many months: everything on them was scorched up and covered with thickening dust.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
Then
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From this reading Then I can see the great miracle with my own eyes, watch it in its tiniest and swiftest workings, and follow it with loving wonder.
thickening
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From this reading Now those plains and slopes yonder lay bare and brown for many months: everything on them was scorched up and covered with thickening dust.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Now those plains and slopes yonder lay bare and brown for many months: everything on them was scorched up and covered with thickening dust.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE GREAT MIRACLE To enjoy and appreciate to its fullest possibilities a Californian spring, let me choose, for one, to live first through a Californian summer.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
tinged
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
tiniest
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From this reading Then I can see the great miracle with my own eyes, watch it in its tiniest and swiftest workings, and follow it with loving wonder.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE GREAT MIRACLE To enjoy and appreciate to its fullest possibilities a Californian spring, let me choose, for one, to live first through a Californian summer.
ugliness
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
ugly
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From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
uncompromising
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
up
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From this reading Now those plains and slopes yonder lay bare and brown for many months: everything on them was scorched up and covered with thickening dust.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
very
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Now those plains and slopes yonder lay bare and brown for many months: everything on them was scorched up and covered with thickening dust.
watch
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From this reading Then I can see the great miracle with my own eyes, watch it in its tiniest and swiftest workings, and follow it with loving wonder.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
white
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From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
whole
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then I can see the great miracle with my own eyes, watch it in its tiniest and swiftest workings, and follow it with loving wonder.
withered
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From this reading The sumac, to be sure, kept its greenness, and even sent out tender shoots, just to remind us perhaps that Nature was not really dead, but slumbering beneath her ugly garment of dust and withered growth, even as elsewhere she takes her time of rest beneath a lovelier covering of purest white.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
wonder
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From this reading Then I can see the great miracle with my own eyes, watch it in its tiniest and swiftest workings, and follow it with loving wonder.
wore
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From this reading The foothills were barren of any kind of beauty: the very stones and rocks wore an uncompromising air of ugliness, and the whole country seemed to be without a single charm until the hour of sunset, and then the mountains were tinged with purple light, and the great boulders themselves appeared to have donned for the moment a suit of purple heather.
workings
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From this reading Then I can see the great miracle with my own eyes, watch it in its tiniest and swiftest workings, and follow it with loving wonder.
yonder
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From this reading Now those plains and slopes yonder lay bare and brown for many months: everything on them was scorched up and covered with thickening dust.
