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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 A wolf is trotting in the brake, All under the panthers’ limb; But they have licked a fawn’s sweet blood, And careless are grown of him.
ago
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From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
All
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From this reading A wolf is trotting in the brake, All under the panthers’ limb; But they have licked a fawn’s sweet blood, And careless are grown of him.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Poor lonely sleeping Indian boy,— How wild are his fitful dreams?
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Then darker grew the shadowy woods, And bent with a crackling sound; Shines through the dark the flashing foam On the pebbled beach around.
asleep
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From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
beach
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From this reading Then darker grew the shadowy woods, And bent with a crackling sound; Shines through the dark the flashing foam On the pebbled beach around.
bent
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From this reading Then darker grew the shadowy woods, And bent with a crackling sound; Shines through the dark the flashing foam On the pebbled beach around.
big
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From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A wolf is trotting in the brake, All under the panthers’ limb; But they have licked a fawn’s sweet blood, And careless are grown of him.
boy
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From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
brake
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From this reading A wolf is trotting in the brake, All under the panthers’ limb; But they have licked a fawn’s sweet blood, And careless are grown of him.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A wolf is trotting in the brake, All under the panthers’ limb; But they have licked a fawn’s sweet blood, And careless are grown of him.
careless
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From this reading A wolf is trotting in the brake, All under the panthers’ limb; But they have licked a fawn’s sweet blood, And careless are grown of him.
comes
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From this reading —In mirth she comes; and sinking now To the water-moon she seems.
crackling
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From this reading Then darker grew the shadowy woods, And bent with a crackling sound; Shines through the dark the flashing foam On the pebbled beach around.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
dark
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From this reading Then darker grew the shadowy woods, And bent with a crackling sound; Shines through the dark the flashing foam On the pebbled beach around.
darker
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From this reading Then darker grew the shadowy woods, And bent with a crackling sound; Shines through the dark the flashing foam On the pebbled beach around.
day
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From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
dew
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From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
dog
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From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
dreams
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From this reading Poor lonely sleeping Indian boy,— How wild are his fitful dreams?
fast
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From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
fawn's
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From this reading A wolf is trotting in the brake, All under the panthers’ limb; But they have licked a fawn’s sweet blood, And careless are grown of him.
fitful
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From this reading Poor lonely sleeping Indian boy,— How wild are his fitful dreams?
flashing
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From this reading Then darker grew the shadowy woods, And bent with a crackling sound; Shines through the dark the flashing foam On the pebbled beach around.
foam
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From this reading Then darker grew the shadowy woods, And bent with a crackling sound; Shines through the dark the flashing foam On the pebbled beach around.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
gray
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From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
grew
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From this reading Then darker grew the shadowy woods, And bent with a crackling sound; Shines through the dark the flashing foam On the pebbled beach around.
grey
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From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
grown
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From this reading A wolf is trotting in the brake, All under the panthers’ limb; But they have licked a fawn’s sweet blood, And careless are grown of him.
Hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/
an old form of “has”
From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A wolf is trotting in the brake, All under the panthers’ limb; But they have licked a fawn’s sweet blood, And careless are grown of him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
How
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From this reading Poor lonely sleeping Indian boy,— How wild are his fitful dreams?
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading —In mirth she comes; and sinking now To the water-moon she seems.
Indian
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From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
licked
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From this reading A wolf is trotting in the brake, All under the panthers’ limb; But they have licked a fawn’s sweet blood, And careless are grown of him.
limb
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From this reading A wolf is trotting in the brake, All under the panthers’ limb; But they have licked a fawn’s sweet blood, And careless are grown of him.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
lonely
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From this reading Poor lonely sleeping Indian boy,— How wild are his fitful dreams?
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
low
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From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
mirth
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From this reading —In mirth she comes; and sinking now To the water-moon she seems.
moaning
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From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
now
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From this reading —In mirth she comes; and sinking now To the water-moon she seems.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A wolf is trotting in the brake, All under the panthers’ limb; But they have licked a fawn’s sweet blood, And careless are grown of him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
owl
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From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
panthers
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From this reading A wolf is trotting in the brake, All under the panthers’ limb; But they have licked a fawn’s sweet blood, And careless are grown of him.
pebbled
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From this reading Then darker grew the shadowy woods, And bent with a crackling sound; Shines through the dark the flashing foam On the pebbled beach around.
PoornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Poor lonely sleeping Indian boy,— How wild are his fitful dreams?
screams
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From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
seems
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From this reading —In mirth she comes; and sinking now To the water-moon she seems.
shadowy
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From this reading Then darker grew the shadowy woods, And bent with a crackling sound; Shines through the dark the flashing foam On the pebbled beach around.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading —In mirth she comes; and sinking now To the water-moon she seems.
Shines
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From this reading Then darker grew the shadowy woods, And bent with a crackling sound; Shines through the dark the flashing foam On the pebbled beach around.
sinking
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From this reading —In mirth she comes; and sinking now To the water-moon she seems.
sleeping
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From this reading Poor lonely sleeping Indian boy,— How wild are his fitful dreams?
sound
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From this reading Then darker grew the shadowy woods, And bent with a crackling sound; Shines through the dark the flashing foam On the pebbled beach around.
sweet
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From this reading A wolf is trotting in the brake, All under the panthers’ limb; But they have licked a fawn’s sweet blood, And careless are grown of him.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
Then
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From this reading Then darker grew the shadowy woods, And bent with a crackling sound; Shines through the dark the flashing foam On the pebbled beach around.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A wolf is trotting in the brake, All under the panthers’ limb; But they have licked a fawn’s sweet blood, And careless are grown of him.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then darker grew the shadowy woods, And bent with a crackling sound; Shines through the dark the flashing foam On the pebbled beach around.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading —In mirth she comes; and sinking now To the water-moon she seems.
trotting
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From this reading A wolf is trotting in the brake, All under the panthers’ limb; But they have licked a fawn’s sweet blood, And careless are grown of him.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading A wolf is trotting in the brake, All under the panthers’ limb; But they have licked a fawn’s sweet blood, And careless are grown of him.
water-moon
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From this reading —In mirth she comes; and sinking now To the water-moon she seems.
weary
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From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
wild
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From this reading Poor lonely sleeping Indian boy,— How wild are his fitful dreams?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then darker grew the shadowy woods, And bent with a crackling sound; Shines through the dark the flashing foam On the pebbled beach around.
wolf
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From this reading A wolf is trotting in the brake, All under the panthers’ limb; But they have licked a fawn’s sweet blood, And careless are grown of him.
wolf-skin
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From this reading The Indian boy is fast asleep, And dew on his wolf-skin gray, Hath cried him weary long ago; His little grey dog is moaning low, And the big owl screams for day.
woods
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From this reading Then darker grew the shadowy woods, And bent with a crackling sound; Shines through the dark the flashing foam On the pebbled beach around.
