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467
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From this reading It is virtually repeated by all ages and nations.[467] * * * * * Moles nesting in your cellar and nibbling every third potato.[468] A whole rabbit-warren only separated from you by the flooring.
468
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From this reading It is virtually repeated by all ages and nations.[467] * * * * * Moles nesting in your cellar and nibbling every third potato.[468] A whole rabbit-warren only separated from you by the flooring.
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It is virtually repeated by all ages and nations.[467] * * * * * Moles nesting in your cellar and nibbling every third potato.[468] A whole rabbit-warren only separated from you by the flooring.
ages
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From this reading It is virtually repeated by all ages and nations.[467] * * * * * Moles nesting in your cellar and nibbling every third potato.[468] A whole rabbit-warren only separated from you by the flooring.
all
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From this reading It is virtually repeated by all ages and nations.[467] * * * * * Moles nesting in your cellar and nibbling every third potato.[468] A whole rabbit-warren only separated from you by the flooring.
almost
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From this reading What seems so fair and poetic in antiquity—almost fabulous—is realized, too, in Concord life.
amphitheatre
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From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What seems so fair and poetic in antiquity—almost fabulous—is realized, too, in Concord life.
antiquity
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From this reading What seems so fair and poetic in antiquity—almost fabulous—is realized, too, in Concord life.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
author
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From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
cellar
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From this reading It is virtually repeated by all ages and nations.[467] * * * * * Moles nesting in your cellar and nibbling every third potato.[468] A whole rabbit-warren only separated from you by the flooring.
Concord
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From this reading What seems so fair and poetic in antiquity—almost fabulous—is realized, too, in Concord life.
die
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From this reading They must naturally die when they leave the road.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading It is virtually repeated by all ages and nations.[467] * * * * * Moles nesting in your cellar and nibbling every third potato.[468] A whole rabbit-warren only separated from you by the flooring.
fabulous
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From this reading What seems so fair and poetic in antiquity—almost fabulous—is realized, too, in Concord life.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What seems so fair and poetic in antiquity—almost fabulous—is realized, too, in Concord life.
flooring
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From this reading It is virtually repeated by all ages and nations.[467] * * * * * Moles nesting in your cellar and nibbling every third potato.[468] A whole rabbit-warren only separated from you by the flooring.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It is virtually repeated by all ages and nations.[467] * * * * * Moles nesting in your cellar and nibbling every third potato.[468] A whole rabbit-warren only separated from you by the flooring.
games
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From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
genius
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From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
Grecian
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From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There is something pathetic in the sedentary life of men who have travelled.
historians
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From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There is something pathetic in the sedentary life of men who have travelled.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is something pathetic in the sedentary life of men who have travelled.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is virtually repeated by all ages and nations.[467] * * * * * Moles nesting in your cellar and nibbling every third potato.[468] A whole rabbit-warren only separated from you by the flooring.
kindred
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From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
leave
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From this reading They must naturally die when they leave the road.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is something pathetic in the sedentary life of men who have travelled.
men
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From this reading There is something pathetic in the sedentary life of men who have travelled.
Moles
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From this reading It is virtually repeated by all ages and nations.[467] * * * * * Moles nesting in your cellar and nibbling every third potato.[468] A whole rabbit-warren only separated from you by the flooring.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading They must naturally die when they leave the road.
nations
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From this reading It is virtually repeated by all ages and nations.[467] * * * * * Moles nesting in your cellar and nibbling every third potato.[468] A whole rabbit-warren only separated from you by the flooring.
naturally
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From this reading They must naturally die when they leave the road.
nesting
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From this reading It is virtually repeated by all ages and nations.[467] * * * * * Moles nesting in your cellar and nibbling every third potato.[468] A whole rabbit-warren only separated from you by the flooring.
nibbling
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From this reading It is virtually repeated by all ages and nations.[467] * * * * * Moles nesting in your cellar and nibbling every third potato.[468] A whole rabbit-warren only separated from you by the flooring.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There is something pathetic in the sedentary life of men who have travelled.
only
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From this reading It is virtually repeated by all ages and nations.[467] * * * * * Moles nesting in your cellar and nibbling every third potato.[468] A whole rabbit-warren only separated from you by the flooring.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
own
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From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
pathetic
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From this reading There is something pathetic in the sedentary life of men who have travelled.
poetic
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From this reading What seems so fair and poetic in antiquity—almost fabulous—is realized, too, in Concord life.
poets
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From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
potato
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From this reading It is virtually repeated by all ages and nations.[467] * * * * * Moles nesting in your cellar and nibbling every third potato.[468] A whole rabbit-warren only separated from you by the flooring.
rabbit-warren
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From this reading It is virtually repeated by all ages and nations.[467] * * * * * Moles nesting in your cellar and nibbling every third potato.[468] A whole rabbit-warren only separated from you by the flooring.
read
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From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
realized
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From this reading What seems so fair and poetic in antiquity—almost fabulous—is realized, too, in Concord life.
repeatednounUS /repeated/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is virtually repeated by all ages and nations.[467] * * * * * Moles nesting in your cellar and nibbling every third potato.[468] A whole rabbit-warren only separated from you by the flooring.
road
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From this reading They must naturally die when they leave the road.
sedentary
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From this reading There is something pathetic in the sedentary life of men who have travelled.
seems
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From this reading What seems so fair and poetic in antiquity—almost fabulous—is realized, too, in Concord life.
seen
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From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
separated
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From this reading It is virtually repeated by all ages and nations.[467] * * * * * Moles nesting in your cellar and nibbling every third potato.[468] A whole rabbit-warren only separated from you by the flooring.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading What seems so fair and poetic in antiquity—almost fabulous—is realized, too, in Concord life.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There is something pathetic in the sedentary life of men who have travelled.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There is something pathetic in the sedentary life of men who have travelled.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
There
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From this reading There is something pathetic in the sedentary life of men who have travelled.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They must naturally die when they leave the road.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is virtually repeated by all ages and nations.[467] * * * * * Moles nesting in your cellar and nibbling every third potato.[468] A whole rabbit-warren only separated from you by the flooring.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
too
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From this reading What seems so fair and poetic in antiquity—almost fabulous—is realized, too, in Concord life.
travelled
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From this reading There is something pathetic in the sedentary life of men who have travelled.
virtually
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From this reading It is virtually repeated by all ages and nations.[467] * * * * * Moles nesting in your cellar and nibbling every third potato.[468] A whole rabbit-warren only separated from you by the flooring.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
well
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From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What seems so fair and poetic in antiquity—almost fabulous—is realized, too, in Concord life.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading They must naturally die when they leave the road.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading There is something pathetic in the sedentary life of men who have travelled.
whole
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From this reading It is virtually repeated by all ages and nations.[467] * * * * * Moles nesting in your cellar and nibbling every third potato.[468] A whole rabbit-warren only separated from you by the flooring.
work
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From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
works
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From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
wrestled
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From this reading As poets and historians brought their work to the Grecian games, and genius wrestled there as well as strength of body, so have we seen works of kindred genius read at our Concord games, by their author, in their own Concord amphitheatre.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It is virtually repeated by all ages and nations.[467] * * * * * Moles nesting in your cellar and nibbling every third potato.[468] A whole rabbit-warren only separated from you by the flooring.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It is virtually repeated by all ages and nations.[467] * * * * * Moles nesting in your cellar and nibbling every third potato.[468] A whole rabbit-warren only separated from you by the flooring.
