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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 It was in a little woodland glen, with a streamlet tumbling through it.
aged
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From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
Ah
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From this reading “Ah!” said she.
always
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From this reading “I always loved that.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
Areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
back
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From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
betwixtprepositionUS /biˈtwɪkst/
an old word for “between”
From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
birch-tree
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From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
book
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From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
came
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From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
Corydon
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From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
cottage-chimney
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From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
dinner
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From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
eddies
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From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
four
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From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
gazing
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From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
glen
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From this reading It was in a little woodland glen, with a streamlet tumbling through it.
ground
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From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
Hard
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From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I always loved that.
Images
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From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was in a little woodland glen, with a streamlet tumbling through it.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was in a little woodland glen, with a streamlet tumbling through it.
joy
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From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
lay
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From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
lines
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From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was in a little woodland glen, with a streamlet tumbling through it.
loved
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From this reading “I always loved that.
met
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From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
mossy
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From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
oaks
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From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
out
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From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
passing
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From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
picture
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From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
poems
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From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
pool
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From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
reading
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From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
said
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From this reading “Ah!” said she.
sat
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From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
savory
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From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
set
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From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
smokes
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From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
snowy
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From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
soft
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From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
streamlet
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From this reading It was in a little woodland glen, with a streamlet tumbling through it.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I always loved that.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
there
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From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was in a little woodland glen, with a streamlet tumbling through it.
Thyrsis
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From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
tumblingnounUS /ˈtumbling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was in a little woodland glen, with a streamlet tumbling through it.
two
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From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She sat with her back to a snowy birch-tree, gazing into the eddies of a pool below; and he lay beside her, upon the soft, mossy ground, reading out of a book of poems.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was in a little woodland glen, with a streamlet tumbling through it.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Images of joy were passing before them; and there came four lines with a picture-- “Hard by, a cottage-chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Corydon and Thyrsis, met, Are at their savory dinner set.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was in a little woodland glen, with a streamlet tumbling through it.
woodland
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From this reading It was in a little woodland glen, with a streamlet tumbling through it.
