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From this reading He went; his piping took a troubled sound Of storms that rage outside our happy ground._” Section 1.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He went; his piping took a troubled sound Of storms that rage outside our happy ground._” Section 1.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading THE PRICE OF RANSOM _The faint grey of dawn was stealing across the lake; and still the spell was upon them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE PRICE OF RANSOM _The faint grey of dawn was stealing across the lake; and still the spell was upon them.
answerednounUS /ˈanswered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading So she whispered; and he answered her-- “He loved his mates; but yet he could not keep, Here with the shepherds and the silly sheep.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading “There thou art gone, and me thou leavest here Sole in these fields! yet will I not despair.”
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading So she whispered; and he answered her-- “He loved his mates; but yet he could not keep, Here with the shepherds and the silly sheep.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading So she whispered; and he answered her-- “He loved his mates; but yet he could not keep, Here with the shepherds and the silly sheep.
dawn
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From this reading THE PRICE OF RANSOM _The faint grey of dawn was stealing across the lake; and still the spell was upon them.
despair
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From this reading “There thou art gone, and me thou leavest here Sole in these fields! yet will I not despair.”
droop
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From this reading Some life of men unblest He knew, which made him droop, and filled his head.
faint
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From this reading THE PRICE OF RANSOM _The faint grey of dawn was stealing across the lake; and still the spell was upon them.
fields
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From this reading “There thou art gone, and me thou leavest here Sole in these fields! yet will I not despair.”
filled
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From this reading Some life of men unblest He knew, which made him droop, and filled his head.
gone
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From this reading “There thou art gone, and me thou leavest here Sole in these fields! yet will I not despair.”
grey
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From this reading THE PRICE OF RANSOM _The faint grey of dawn was stealing across the lake; and still the spell was upon them.
ground
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From this reading He went; his piping took a troubled sound Of storms that rage outside our happy ground._” Section 1.
happy
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From this reading He went; his piping took a troubled sound Of storms that rage outside our happy ground._” Section 1.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So she whispered; and he answered her-- “He loved his mates; but yet he could not keep, Here with the shepherds and the silly sheep.
head
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From this reading Some life of men unblest He knew, which made him droop, and filled his head.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading So she whispered; and he answered her-- “He loved his mates; but yet he could not keep, Here with the shepherds and the silly sheep.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There thou art gone, and me thou leavest here Sole in these fields! yet will I not despair.”
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Some life of men unblest He knew, which made him droop, and filled his head.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading So she whispered; and he answered her-- “He loved his mates; but yet he could not keep, Here with the shepherds and the silly sheep.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “There thou art gone, and me thou leavest here Sole in these fields! yet will I not despair.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “There thou art gone, and me thou leavest here Sole in these fields! yet will I not despair.”
keep
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From this reading So she whispered; and he answered her-- “He loved his mates; but yet he could not keep, Here with the shepherds and the silly sheep.
knew
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From this reading Some life of men unblest He knew, which made him droop, and filled his head.
lake
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From this reading THE PRICE OF RANSOM _The faint grey of dawn was stealing across the lake; and still the spell was upon them.
leavest
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From this reading “There thou art gone, and me thou leavest here Sole in these fields! yet will I not despair.”
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some life of men unblest He knew, which made him droop, and filled his head.
loved
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From this reading So she whispered; and he answered her-- “He loved his mates; but yet he could not keep, Here with the shepherds and the silly sheep.
made
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From this reading Some life of men unblest He knew, which made him droop, and filled his head.
matesnounUS /mates/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So she whispered; and he answered her-- “He loved his mates; but yet he could not keep, Here with the shepherds and the silly sheep.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “There thou art gone, and me thou leavest here Sole in these fields! yet will I not despair.”
men
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From this reading Some life of men unblest He knew, which made him droop, and filled his head.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “There thou art gone, and me thou leavest here Sole in these fields! yet will I not despair.”
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE PRICE OF RANSOM _The faint grey of dawn was stealing across the lake; and still the spell was upon them.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading He went; his piping took a troubled sound Of storms that rage outside our happy ground._” Section 1.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He went; his piping took a troubled sound Of storms that rage outside our happy ground._” Section 1.
piping
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From this reading He went; his piping took a troubled sound Of storms that rage outside our happy ground._” Section 1.
PRICE
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From this reading THE PRICE OF RANSOM _The faint grey of dawn was stealing across the lake; and still the spell was upon them.
rage
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From this reading He went; his piping took a troubled sound Of storms that rage outside our happy ground._” Section 1.
RANSOM
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From this reading THE PRICE OF RANSOM _The faint grey of dawn was stealing across the lake; and still the spell was upon them.
Section
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From this reading He went; his piping took a troubled sound Of storms that rage outside our happy ground._” Section 1.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So she whispered; and he answered her-- “He loved his mates; but yet he could not keep, Here with the shepherds and the silly sheep.
sheep
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From this reading So she whispered; and he answered her-- “He loved his mates; but yet he could not keep, Here with the shepherds and the silly sheep.
shepherds
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From this reading So she whispered; and he answered her-- “He loved his mates; but yet he could not keep, Here with the shepherds and the silly sheep.
silly
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From this reading So she whispered; and he answered her-- “He loved his mates; but yet he could not keep, Here with the shepherds and the silly sheep.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So she whispered; and he answered her-- “He loved his mates; but yet he could not keep, Here with the shepherds and the silly sheep.
Sole
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From this reading “There thou art gone, and me thou leavest here Sole in these fields! yet will I not despair.”
Some
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From this reading Some life of men unblest He knew, which made him droop, and filled his head.
sound
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From this reading He went; his piping took a troubled sound Of storms that rage outside our happy ground._” Section 1.
spell
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From this reading THE PRICE OF RANSOM _The faint grey of dawn was stealing across the lake; and still the spell was upon them.
stealing
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From this reading THE PRICE OF RANSOM _The faint grey of dawn was stealing across the lake; and still the spell was upon them.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE PRICE OF RANSOM _The faint grey of dawn was stealing across the lake; and still the spell was upon them.
storms
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From this reading He went; his piping took a troubled sound Of storms that rage outside our happy ground._” Section 1.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He went; his piping took a troubled sound Of storms that rage outside our happy ground._” Section 1.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PRICE OF RANSOM _The faint grey of dawn was stealing across the lake; and still the spell was upon them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading THE PRICE OF RANSOM _The faint grey of dawn was stealing across the lake; and still the spell was upon them.
There
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From this reading “There thou art gone, and me thou leavest here Sole in these fields! yet will I not despair.”
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “There thou art gone, and me thou leavest here Sole in these fields! yet will I not despair.”
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “There thou art gone, and me thou leavest here Sole in these fields! yet will I not despair.”
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He went; his piping took a troubled sound Of storms that rage outside our happy ground._” Section 1.
troubled
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From this reading He went; his piping took a troubled sound Of storms that rage outside our happy ground._” Section 1.
unblest
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From this reading Some life of men unblest He knew, which made him droop, and filled his head.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading THE PRICE OF RANSOM _The faint grey of dawn was stealing across the lake; and still the spell was upon them.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE PRICE OF RANSOM _The faint grey of dawn was stealing across the lake; and still the spell was upon them.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He went; his piping took a troubled sound Of storms that rage outside our happy ground._” Section 1.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Some life of men unblest He knew, which made him droop, and filled his head.
whispered
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From this reading So she whispered; and he answered her-- “He loved his mates; but yet he could not keep, Here with the shepherds and the silly sheep.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “There thou art gone, and me thou leavest here Sole in these fields! yet will I not despair.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading So she whispered; and he answered her-- “He loved his mates; but yet he could not keep, Here with the shepherds and the silly sheep.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading “There thou art gone, and me thou leavest here Sole in these fields! yet will I not despair.”
