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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 My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
Adam
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From this reading “No, Lilias, it is not a melancholy time to me,” said Adam Graeme.
air
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From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
all
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From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
always
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From this reading “I like these changes--I like to see this calm nature harmonized to our humanity; not always bare and stern, not always in the pride of strength and sunshine, but touched with the mortal breath, putting off and putting on the mortal garments.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
ash
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
autumn
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From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
bare
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From this reading “I like these changes--I like to see this calm nature harmonized to our humanity; not always bare and stern, not always in the pride of strength and sunshine, but touched with the mortal breath, putting off and putting on the mortal garments.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
beech
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
behold
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From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
Bound
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From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
branches
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
breath
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From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “I like these changes--I like to see this calm nature harmonized to our humanity; not always bare and stern, not always in the pride of strength and sunshine, but touched with the mortal breath, putting off and putting on the mortal garments.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
calm
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From this reading “I like these changes--I like to see this calm nature harmonized to our humanity; not always bare and stern, not always in the pride of strength and sunshine, but touched with the mortal breath, putting off and putting on the mortal garments.
changes
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From this reading “I like these changes--I like to see this calm nature harmonized to our humanity; not always bare and stern, not always in the pride of strength and sunshine, but touched with the mortal breath, putting off and putting on the mortal garments.
child
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From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
chill
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From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
colouring
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From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
covered
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
damp
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
day
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
days
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From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
departed
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
dropping
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From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
dry
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
father
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From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
feeble
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From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
felt
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From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
fir
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
flush
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
flutteringverbUS /ˈflʌtərɪŋ/
moving with quick light beats or trembles
From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
garments
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From this reading “I like these changes--I like to see this calm nature harmonized to our humanity; not always bare and stern, not always in the pride of strength and sunshine, but touched with the mortal breath, putting off and putting on the mortal garments.
glories
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
gone
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
Graeme
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From this reading “No, Lilias, it is not a melancholy time to me,” said Adam Graeme.
grandly
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From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
grass
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
ground
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
harmonized
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From this reading “I like these changes--I like to see this calm nature harmonized to our humanity; not always bare and stern, not always in the pride of strength and sunshine, but touched with the mortal breath, putting off and putting on the mortal garments.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
heart
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From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
heavy
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
humanity
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From this reading “I like these changes--I like to see this calm nature harmonized to our humanity; not always bare and stern, not always in the pride of strength and sunshine, but touched with the mortal breath, putting off and putting on the mortal garments.
hundredfold
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
lay
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
leaf
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From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
leaps
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From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
leaves
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
light
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
like
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From this reading “I like these changes--I like to see this calm nature harmonized to our humanity; not always bare and stern, not always in the pride of strength and sunshine, but touched with the mortal breath, putting off and putting on the mortal garments.
Lilias
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From this reading “No, Lilias, it is not a melancholy time to me,” said Adam Graeme.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
man
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From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “No, Lilias, it is not a melancholy time to me,” said Adam Graeme.
melancholy
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From this reading “No, Lilias, it is not a melancholy time to me,” said Adam Graeme.
mortaladjectiveUS /ˈmɔːrtəl/
causing or relating to death
From this reading “I like these changes--I like to see this calm nature harmonized to our humanity; not always bare and stern, not always in the pride of strength and sunshine, but touched with the mortal breath, putting off and putting on the mortal garments.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
natural
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From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
nature
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From this reading “I like these changes--I like to see this calm nature harmonized to our humanity; not always bare and stern, not always in the pride of strength and sunshine, but touched with the mortal breath, putting off and putting on the mortal garments.
neighbours
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “No, Lilias, it is not a melancholy time to me,” said Adam Graeme.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
November
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
now
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From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
oak
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
obtruded
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
October
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
off
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From this reading “I like these changes--I like to see this calm nature harmonized to our humanity; not always bare and stern, not always in the pride of strength and sunshine, but touched with the mortal breath, putting off and putting on the mortal garments.
old
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From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “I like these changes--I like to see this calm nature harmonized to our humanity; not always bare and stern, not always in the pride of strength and sunshine, but touched with the mortal breath, putting off and putting on the mortal garments.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
pallid
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
piety
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From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
pride
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From this reading “I like these changes--I like to see this calm nature harmonized to our humanity; not always bare and stern, not always in the pride of strength and sunshine, but touched with the mortal breath, putting off and putting on the mortal garments.
putting
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From this reading “I like these changes--I like to see this calm nature harmonized to our humanity; not always bare and stern, not always in the pride of strength and sunshine, but touched with the mortal breath, putting off and putting on the mortal garments.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
rainbow
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From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
ranks
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
red
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
risen
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
russet
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
said
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From this reading “No, Lilias, it is not a melancholy time to me,” said Adam Graeme.
scarcely
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
see
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
sky
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From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
spectral
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
stern
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From this reading “I like these changes--I like to see this calm nature harmonized to our humanity; not always bare and stern, not always in the pride of strength and sunshine, but touched with the mortal breath, putting off and putting on the mortal garments.
stiffening
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
stooped
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From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I like these changes--I like to see this calm nature harmonized to our humanity; not always bare and stern, not always in the pride of strength and sunshine, but touched with the mortal breath, putting off and putting on the mortal garments.
sunshine
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From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
sycamore
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
then
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From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
there
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “I like these changes--I like to see this calm nature harmonized to our humanity; not always bare and stern, not always in the pride of strength and sunshine, but touched with the mortal breath, putting off and putting on the mortal garments.
thick
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “I like these changes--I like to see this calm nature harmonized to our humanity; not always bare and stern, not always in the pride of strength and sunshine, but touched with the mortal breath, putting off and putting on the mortal garments.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “No, Lilias, it is not a melancholy time to me,” said Adam Graeme.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
touched
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From this reading “I like these changes--I like to see this calm nature harmonized to our humanity; not always bare and stern, not always in the pride of strength and sunshine, but touched with the mortal breath, putting off and putting on the mortal garments.
trees
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From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
tresses
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
underneathprepositionUS /ˌʌndərˈniːθ/
directly under, often hidden by what is above
From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
up
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From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
verdure
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
wan
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From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
water
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From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
wealth
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From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
winter
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From this reading The trees stooped grandly over the wan water in all their autumn wealth of colouring, dropping now and then a fluttering, feeble leaf through the sunshine and the chill air, which already felt the breath of winter.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
WORDSWORTH
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From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now when I am old-- The child is father to the man, And I would have my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.--WORDSWORTH.
yellow
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From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The long, yellow tresses of the ash were already gone, the glories of the sycamore lay so thick upon the ground that you could scarcely see the damp verdure of the grass underneath for the hundredfold of russet leaves which covered it; the heavy fir obtruded its spectral branches through the thin ranks of its neighbours; the red, dry leaves were stiffening on the oak and the beech; and with the flush of the red October light not quite departed, there had risen the first pallid November day.
