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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 During the last weeks the Cross-roads had existed in something like a state of delirium.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading People rode in from the mountains and returned to their homes after hours of conversation, semi-stupefied with enjoyment.
all
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From this reading The springtime sunshine had been smiling upon Talbot's Cross-roads all the day.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
applenounUS /apple/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The brown earth was sweet and odorous, as it had been on the Sunday morning Sheba had knelt and kissed it, and the garden had covered itself, as then, with hyacinths and daffodils and white narcissus.
beauty
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From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The springtime sunshine had been smiling upon Talbot's Cross-roads all the day.
blossoming
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From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
branches
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From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
brown
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From this reading The brown earth was sweet and odorous, as it had been on the Sunday morning Sheba had knelt and kissed it, and the garden had covered itself, as then, with hyacinths and daffodils and white narcissus.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
conversation
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From this reading People rode in from the mountains and returned to their homes after hours of conversation, semi-stupefied with enjoyment.
covered
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From this reading The brown earth was sweet and odorous, as it had been on the Sunday morning Sheba had knelt and kissed it, and the garden had covered itself, as then, with hyacinths and daffodils and white narcissus.
Cross-roads
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From this reading The springtime sunshine had been smiling upon Talbot's Cross-roads all the day.
daffodils
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From this reading The brown earth was sweet and odorous, as it had been on the Sunday morning Sheba had knelt and kissed it, and the garden had covered itself, as then, with hyacinths and daffodils and white narcissus.
day
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From this reading The springtime sunshine had been smiling upon Talbot's Cross-roads all the day.
delirium
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From this reading During the last weeks the Cross-roads had existed in something like a state of delirium.
DuringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading During the last weeks the Cross-roads had existed in something like a state of delirium.
earth
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From this reading The brown earth was sweet and odorous, as it had been on the Sunday morning Sheba had knelt and kissed it, and the garden had covered itself, as then, with hyacinths and daffodils and white narcissus.
enjoyment
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From this reading People rode in from the mountains and returned to their homes after hours of conversation, semi-stupefied with enjoyment.
existed
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From this reading During the last weeks the Cross-roads had existed in something like a state of delirium.
fragrance
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From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
garden
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From this reading The brown earth was sweet and odorous, as it had been on the Sunday morning Sheba had knelt and kissed it, and the garden had covered itself, as then, with hyacinths and daffodils and white narcissus.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The springtime sunshine had been smiling upon Talbot's Cross-roads all the day.
homes
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From this reading People rode in from the mountains and returned to their homes after hours of conversation, semi-stupefied with enjoyment.
hot
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From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
hours
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From this reading People rode in from the mountains and returned to their homes after hours of conversation, semi-stupefied with enjoyment.
hyacinths
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From this reading The brown earth was sweet and odorous, as it had been on the Sunday morning Sheba had knelt and kissed it, and the garden had covered itself, as then, with hyacinths and daffodils and white narcissus.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading During the last weeks the Cross-roads had existed in something like a state of delirium.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The brown earth was sweet and odorous, as it had been on the Sunday morning Sheba had knelt and kissed it, and the garden had covered itself, as then, with hyacinths and daffodils and white narcissus.
kissed
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From this reading The brown earth was sweet and odorous, as it had been on the Sunday morning Sheba had knelt and kissed it, and the garden had covered itself, as then, with hyacinths and daffodils and white narcissus.
knelt
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From this reading The brown earth was sweet and odorous, as it had been on the Sunday morning Sheba had knelt and kissed it, and the garden had covered itself, as then, with hyacinths and daffodils and white narcissus.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading During the last weeks the Cross-roads had existed in something like a state of delirium.
like
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From this reading During the last weeks the Cross-roads had existed in something like a state of delirium.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The brown earth was sweet and odorous, as it had been on the Sunday morning Sheba had knelt and kissed it, and the garden had covered itself, as then, with hyacinths and daffodils and white narcissus.
mountains
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From this reading People rode in from the mountains and returned to their homes after hours of conversation, semi-stupefied with enjoyment.
narcissus
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From this reading The brown earth was sweet and odorous, as it had been on the Sunday morning Sheba had knelt and kissed it, and the garden had covered itself, as then, with hyacinths and daffodils and white narcissus.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
odorous
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From this reading The brown earth was sweet and odorous, as it had been on the Sunday morning Sheba had knelt and kissed it, and the garden had covered itself, as then, with hyacinths and daffodils and white narcissus.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The brown earth was sweet and odorous, as it had been on the Sunday morning Sheba had knelt and kissed it, and the garden had covered itself, as then, with hyacinths and daffodils and white narcissus.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
pear
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From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
People
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From this reading People rode in from the mountains and returned to their homes after hours of conversation, semi-stupefied with enjoyment.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading People rode in from the mountains and returned to their homes after hours of conversation, semi-stupefied with enjoyment.
rode
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From this reading People rode in from the mountains and returned to their homes after hours of conversation, semi-stupefied with enjoyment.
semi-stupefied
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From this reading People rode in from the mountains and returned to their homes after hours of conversation, semi-stupefied with enjoyment.
Sheba
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From this reading The brown earth was sweet and odorous, as it had been on the Sunday morning Sheba had knelt and kissed it, and the garden had covered itself, as then, with hyacinths and daffodils and white narcissus.
shook
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From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
smiling
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From this reading The springtime sunshine had been smiling upon Talbot's Cross-roads all the day.
soft
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From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading During the last weeks the Cross-roads had existed in something like a state of delirium.
springtime
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From this reading The springtime sunshine had been smiling upon Talbot's Cross-roads all the day.
state
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From this reading During the last weeks the Cross-roads had existed in something like a state of delirium.
Sunday
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From this reading The brown earth was sweet and odorous, as it had been on the Sunday morning Sheba had knelt and kissed it, and the garden had covered itself, as then, with hyacinths and daffodils and white narcissus.
sunshine
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From this reading The springtime sunshine had been smiling upon Talbot's Cross-roads all the day.
sweet
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From this reading The brown earth was sweet and odorous, as it had been on the Sunday morning Sheba had knelt and kissed it, and the garden had covered itself, as then, with hyacinths and daffodils and white narcissus.
Talbot's
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From this reading The springtime sunshine had been smiling upon Talbot's Cross-roads all the day.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The springtime sunshine had been smiling upon Talbot's Cross-roads all the day.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading People rode in from the mountains and returned to their homes after hours of conversation, semi-stupefied with enjoyment.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
then
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From this reading The brown earth was sweet and odorous, as it had been on the Sunday morning Sheba had knelt and kissed it, and the garden had covered itself, as then, with hyacinths and daffodils and white narcissus.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
trees
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From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The springtime sunshine had been smiling upon Talbot's Cross-roads all the day.
warm
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From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
weeks
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From this reading During the last weeks the Cross-roads had existed in something like a state of delirium.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
white
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From this reading The brown earth was sweet and odorous, as it had been on the Sunday morning Sheba had knelt and kissed it, and the garden had covered itself, as then, with hyacinths and daffodils and white narcissus.
winds
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From this reading It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The brown earth was sweet and odorous, as it had been on the Sunday morning Sheba had knelt and kissed it, and the garden had covered itself, as then, with hyacinths and daffodils and white narcissus.
