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23
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From this reading But as to April 23 there can be no difference of opinion between prose and verse.
23rd
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From this reading But in the Egypt of the east wind, there has been revealed, on this 23rd of April, the existence of a Goshen.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading But in the Egypt of the east wind, there has been revealed, on this 23rd of April, the existence of a Goshen.
according
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From this reading Spring has come; even according to the Almanack, which is later in its sober estimate of the seasons, and also truer than the sanguine poets.
Almanack
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From this reading Spring has come; even according to the Almanack, which is later in its sober estimate of the seasons, and also truer than the sanguine poets.
also
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From this reading Spring has come; even according to the Almanack, which is later in its sober estimate of the seasons, and also truer than the sanguine poets.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Spring has come; even according to the Almanack, which is later in its sober estimate of the seasons, and also truer than the sanguine poets.
April
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From this reading But as to April 23 there can be no difference of opinion between prose and verse.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But as to April 23 there can be no difference of opinion between prose and verse.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But as to April 23 there can be no difference of opinion between prose and verse.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading But in the Egypt of the east wind, there has been revealed, on this 23rd of April, the existence of a Goshen.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading But as to April 23 there can be no difference of opinion between prose and verse.
British
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From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
brutality
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From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But as to April 23 there can be no difference of opinion between prose and verse.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Through this course of tests, unescapable, except by flight, the village of Campion is passing like its neighbours.
Campion
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From this reading Through this course of tests, unescapable, except by flight, the village of Campion is passing like its neighbours.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading But as to April 23 there can be no difference of opinion between prose and verse.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Spring has come; even according to the Almanack, which is later in its sober estimate of the seasons, and also truer than the sanguine poets.
constitution
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From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Through this course of tests, unescapable, except by flight, the village of Campion is passing like its neighbours.
crocodile
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From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
curious
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From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
decide
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From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
difference
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From this reading But as to April 23 there can be no difference of opinion between prose and verse.
east
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From this reading But in the Egypt of the east wind, there has been revealed, on this 23rd of April, the existence of a Goshen.
Egypt
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From this reading But in the Egypt of the east wind, there has been revealed, on this 23rd of April, the existence of a Goshen.
English
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From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
estimate
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From this reading Spring has come; even according to the Almanack, which is later in its sober estimate of the seasons, and also truer than the sanguine poets.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Spring has come; even according to the Almanack, which is later in its sober estimate of the seasons, and also truer than the sanguine poets.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading Through this course of tests, unescapable, except by flight, the village of Campion is passing like its neighbours.
existence
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From this reading But in the Egypt of the east wind, there has been revealed, on this 23rd of April, the existence of a Goshen.
flight
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From this reading Through this course of tests, unescapable, except by flight, the village of Campion is passing like its neighbours.
frank
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From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
Goshen
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From this reading But in the Egypt of the east wind, there has been revealed, on this 23rd of April, the existence of a Goshen.
harder
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From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Spring has come; even according to the Almanack, which is later in its sober estimate of the seasons, and also truer than the sanguine poets.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Spring has come; even according to the Almanack, which is later in its sober estimate of the seasons, and also truer than the sanguine poets.
infinite
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From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Spring has come; even according to the Almanack, which is later in its sober estimate of the seasons, and also truer than the sanguine poets.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Spring has come; even according to the Almanack, which is later in its sober estimate of the seasons, and also truer than the sanguine poets.
later
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From this reading Spring has come; even according to the Almanack, which is later in its sober estimate of the seasons, and also truer than the sanguine poets.
like
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From this reading Through this course of tests, unescapable, except by flight, the village of Campion is passing like its neighbours.
March
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From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
more
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From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
neighbours
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From this reading Through this course of tests, unescapable, except by flight, the village of Campion is passing like its neighbours.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But as to April 23 there can be no difference of opinion between prose and verse.
observer
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From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Spring has come; even according to the Almanack, which is later in its sober estimate of the seasons, and also truer than the sanguine poets.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But in the Egypt of the east wind, there has been revealed, on this 23rd of April, the existence of a Goshen.
opinion
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From this reading But as to April 23 there can be no difference of opinion between prose and verse.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
passing
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From this reading Through this course of tests, unescapable, except by flight, the village of Campion is passing like its neighbours.
planks
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From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
poets
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From this reading Spring has come; even according to the Almanack, which is later in its sober estimate of the seasons, and also truer than the sanguine poets.
prose
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From this reading But as to April 23 there can be no difference of opinion between prose and verse.
revealed
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From this reading But in the Egypt of the east wind, there has been revealed, on this 23rd of April, the existence of a Goshen.
sanguine
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From this reading Spring has come; even according to the Almanack, which is later in its sober estimate of the seasons, and also truer than the sanguine poets.
seasons
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From this reading Spring has come; even according to the Almanack, which is later in its sober estimate of the seasons, and also truer than the sanguine poets.
seem
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From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
soberadjectiveUS /ˈsoʊbər/
not affected by alcohol
From this reading Spring has come; even according to the Almanack, which is later in its sober estimate of the seasons, and also truer than the sanguine poets.
Spring
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From this reading Spring has come; even according to the Almanack, which is later in its sober estimate of the seasons, and also truer than the sanguine poets.
strained
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From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
tears
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From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
tests
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From this reading Through this course of tests, unescapable, except by flight, the village of Campion is passing like its neighbours.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Spring has come; even according to the Almanack, which is later in its sober estimate of the seasons, and also truer than the sanguine poets.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Spring has come; even according to the Almanack, which is later in its sober estimate of the seasons, and also truer than the sanguine poets.
there
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From this reading But as to April 23 there can be no difference of opinion between prose and verse.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Through this course of tests, unescapable, except by flight, the village of Campion is passing like its neighbours.
ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through this course of tests, unescapable, except by flight, the village of Campion is passing like its neighbours.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Spring has come; even according to the Almanack, which is later in its sober estimate of the seasons, and also truer than the sanguine poets.
treacheries
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From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
truer
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From this reading Spring has come; even according to the Almanack, which is later in its sober estimate of the seasons, and also truer than the sanguine poets.
trying
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From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
unescapable
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From this reading Through this course of tests, unescapable, except by flight, the village of Campion is passing like its neighbours.
verse
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From this reading But as to April 23 there can be no difference of opinion between prose and verse.
village
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From this reading Through this course of tests, unescapable, except by flight, the village of Campion is passing like its neighbours.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Spring has come; even according to the Almanack, which is later in its sober estimate of the seasons, and also truer than the sanguine poets.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But in the Egypt of the east wind, there has been revealed, on this 23rd of April, the existence of a Goshen.
year
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From this reading To the curious observer of the English spring it may seem every year harder to decide whether the frank brutality of March, the crocodile tears of April, or the infinite treacheries of May, are the more trying to the strained planks of the British constitution?
