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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 The quail-shoot, after the enthusiastic contest of the first day, abated to a sort of desultory skirmish, each sportsman going into the field as best suited his mood.
abated
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From this reading The quail-shoot, after the enthusiastic contest of the first day, abated to a sort of desultory skirmish, each sportsman going into the field as best suited his mood.
activity
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From this reading The bustle and activity with which the sport had begun became irregularly intermittent.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The quail-shoot, after the enthusiastic contest of the first day, abated to a sort of desultory skirmish, each sportsman going into the field as best suited his mood.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Day after day the sky was serene and cloudless, tinted with that cool, bird-egg blue, tender, delicate, transparent, against which the lines of wood came out with a peculiar semi-tropical effect.
aided
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From this reading The weather bred a languor, peculiarly Southern and dreamy, which was aided by the quietude and isolation of the place.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The weather bred a languor, peculiarly Southern and dreamy, which was aided by the quietude and isolation of the place.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The quail-shoot, after the enthusiastic contest of the first day, abated to a sort of desultory skirmish, each sportsman going into the field as best suited his mood.
became
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From this reading The bustle and activity with which the sport had begun became irregularly intermittent.
begun
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From this reading The bustle and activity with which the sport had begun became irregularly intermittent.
best
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From this reading The quail-shoot, after the enthusiastic contest of the first day, abated to a sort of desultory skirmish, each sportsman going into the field as best suited his mood.
bird-egg
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From this reading Day after day the sky was serene and cloudless, tinted with that cool, bird-egg blue, tender, delicate, transparent, against which the lines of wood came out with a peculiar semi-tropical effect.
blue
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From this reading Day after day the sky was serene and cloudless, tinted with that cool, bird-egg blue, tender, delicate, transparent, against which the lines of wood came out with a peculiar semi-tropical effect.
bred
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From this reading The weather bred a languor, peculiarly Southern and dreamy, which was aided by the quietude and isolation of the place.
bustlenounUS /ˈbʌsəl/
busy and excited activity
From this reading The bustle and activity with which the sport had begun became irregularly intermittent.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The weather bred a languor, peculiarly Southern and dreamy, which was aided by the quietude and isolation of the place.
came
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From this reading Day after day the sky was serene and cloudless, tinted with that cool, bird-egg blue, tender, delicate, transparent, against which the lines of wood came out with a peculiar semi-tropical effect.
cloudless
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From this reading Day after day the sky was serene and cloudless, tinted with that cool, bird-egg blue, tender, delicate, transparent, against which the lines of wood came out with a peculiar semi-tropical effect.
contest
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From this reading The quail-shoot, after the enthusiastic contest of the first day, abated to a sort of desultory skirmish, each sportsman going into the field as best suited his mood.
cool
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From this reading Day after day the sky was serene and cloudless, tinted with that cool, bird-egg blue, tender, delicate, transparent, against which the lines of wood came out with a peculiar semi-tropical effect.
DALLYING
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From this reading DALLYING.
day
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From this reading The quail-shoot, after the enthusiastic contest of the first day, abated to a sort of desultory skirmish, each sportsman going into the field as best suited his mood.
delicate
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From this reading Day after day the sky was serene and cloudless, tinted with that cool, bird-egg blue, tender, delicate, transparent, against which the lines of wood came out with a peculiar semi-tropical effect.
desultory
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From this reading The quail-shoot, after the enthusiastic contest of the first day, abated to a sort of desultory skirmish, each sportsman going into the field as best suited his mood.
dreamy
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From this reading The weather bred a languor, peculiarly Southern and dreamy, which was aided by the quietude and isolation of the place.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The quail-shoot, after the enthusiastic contest of the first day, abated to a sort of desultory skirmish, each sportsman going into the field as best suited his mood.
effect
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From this reading Day after day the sky was serene and cloudless, tinted with that cool, bird-egg blue, tender, delicate, transparent, against which the lines of wood came out with a peculiar semi-tropical effect.
enthusiastic
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From this reading The quail-shoot, after the enthusiastic contest of the first day, abated to a sort of desultory skirmish, each sportsman going into the field as best suited his mood.
field
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From this reading The quail-shoot, after the enthusiastic contest of the first day, abated to a sort of desultory skirmish, each sportsman going into the field as best suited his mood.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The quail-shoot, after the enthusiastic contest of the first day, abated to a sort of desultory skirmish, each sportsman going into the field as best suited his mood.
going
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From this reading The quail-shoot, after the enthusiastic contest of the first day, abated to a sort of desultory skirmish, each sportsman going into the field as best suited his mood.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The bustle and activity with which the sport had begun became irregularly intermittent.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The quail-shoot, after the enthusiastic contest of the first day, abated to a sort of desultory skirmish, each sportsman going into the field as best suited his mood.
intermittent
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From this reading The bustle and activity with which the sport had begun became irregularly intermittent.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The quail-shoot, after the enthusiastic contest of the first day, abated to a sort of desultory skirmish, each sportsman going into the field as best suited his mood.
irregularly
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From this reading The bustle and activity with which the sport had begun became irregularly intermittent.
isolation
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From this reading The weather bred a languor, peculiarly Southern and dreamy, which was aided by the quietude and isolation of the place.
languor
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From this reading The weather bred a languor, peculiarly Southern and dreamy, which was aided by the quietude and isolation of the place.
lines
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From this reading Day after day the sky was serene and cloudless, tinted with that cool, bird-egg blue, tender, delicate, transparent, against which the lines of wood came out with a peculiar semi-tropical effect.
mood
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From this reading The quail-shoot, after the enthusiastic contest of the first day, abated to a sort of desultory skirmish, each sportsman going into the field as best suited his mood.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The quail-shoot, after the enthusiastic contest of the first day, abated to a sort of desultory skirmish, each sportsman going into the field as best suited his mood.
out
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From this reading Day after day the sky was serene and cloudless, tinted with that cool, bird-egg blue, tender, delicate, transparent, against which the lines of wood came out with a peculiar semi-tropical effect.
peculiar
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From this reading Day after day the sky was serene and cloudless, tinted with that cool, bird-egg blue, tender, delicate, transparent, against which the lines of wood came out with a peculiar semi-tropical effect.
peculiarly
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From this reading The weather bred a languor, peculiarly Southern and dreamy, which was aided by the quietude and isolation of the place.
place
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From this reading The weather bred a languor, peculiarly Southern and dreamy, which was aided by the quietude and isolation of the place.
quail-shoot
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From this reading The quail-shoot, after the enthusiastic contest of the first day, abated to a sort of desultory skirmish, each sportsman going into the field as best suited his mood.
quietude
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From this reading The weather bred a languor, peculiarly Southern and dreamy, which was aided by the quietude and isolation of the place.
semi-tropical
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From this reading Day after day the sky was serene and cloudless, tinted with that cool, bird-egg blue, tender, delicate, transparent, against which the lines of wood came out with a peculiar semi-tropical effect.
serene
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From this reading Day after day the sky was serene and cloudless, tinted with that cool, bird-egg blue, tender, delicate, transparent, against which the lines of wood came out with a peculiar semi-tropical effect.
skirmish
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From this reading The quail-shoot, after the enthusiastic contest of the first day, abated to a sort of desultory skirmish, each sportsman going into the field as best suited his mood.
sky
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From this reading Day after day the sky was serene and cloudless, tinted with that cool, bird-egg blue, tender, delicate, transparent, against which the lines of wood came out with a peculiar semi-tropical effect.
sort
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From this reading The quail-shoot, after the enthusiastic contest of the first day, abated to a sort of desultory skirmish, each sportsman going into the field as best suited his mood.
Southern
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From this reading The weather bred a languor, peculiarly Southern and dreamy, which was aided by the quietude and isolation of the place.
sport
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From this reading The bustle and activity with which the sport had begun became irregularly intermittent.
sportsman
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From this reading The quail-shoot, after the enthusiastic contest of the first day, abated to a sort of desultory skirmish, each sportsman going into the field as best suited his mood.
suited
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From this reading The quail-shoot, after the enthusiastic contest of the first day, abated to a sort of desultory skirmish, each sportsman going into the field as best suited his mood.
tender
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From this reading Day after day the sky was serene and cloudless, tinted with that cool, bird-egg blue, tender, delicate, transparent, against which the lines of wood came out with a peculiar semi-tropical effect.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Day after day the sky was serene and cloudless, tinted with that cool, bird-egg blue, tender, delicate, transparent, against which the lines of wood came out with a peculiar semi-tropical effect.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The quail-shoot, after the enthusiastic contest of the first day, abated to a sort of desultory skirmish, each sportsman going into the field as best suited his mood.
tinted
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From this reading Day after day the sky was serene and cloudless, tinted with that cool, bird-egg blue, tender, delicate, transparent, against which the lines of wood came out with a peculiar semi-tropical effect.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The quail-shoot, after the enthusiastic contest of the first day, abated to a sort of desultory skirmish, each sportsman going into the field as best suited his mood.
transparent
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From this reading Day after day the sky was serene and cloudless, tinted with that cool, bird-egg blue, tender, delicate, transparent, against which the lines of wood came out with a peculiar semi-tropical effect.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The weather bred a languor, peculiarly Southern and dreamy, which was aided by the quietude and isolation of the place.
weather
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From this reading The weather bred a languor, peculiarly Southern and dreamy, which was aided by the quietude and isolation of the place.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The weather bred a languor, peculiarly Southern and dreamy, which was aided by the quietude and isolation of the place.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The bustle and activity with which the sport had begun became irregularly intermittent.
wood
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From this reading Day after day the sky was serene and cloudless, tinted with that cool, bird-egg blue, tender, delicate, transparent, against which the lines of wood came out with a peculiar semi-tropical effect.
