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againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Your heart beat hard against my arm, My foot to yours was set, Your loosened ringlet burned my cheek Whenever they two met.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The tall trees stood in the sunlight As still as still could be, But the deep grass sighed and rustled And bowed and beckoned me.
apace
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From this reading It whispered in the sunshine: “The winter comes apace.”
arm
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From this reading Your heart beat hard against my arm, My foot to yours was set, Your loosened ringlet burned my cheek Whenever they two met.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The tall trees stood in the sunlight As still as still could be, But the deep grass sighed and rustled And bowed and beckoned me.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The tall trees stood in the sunlight As still as still could be, But the deep grass sighed and rustled And bowed and beckoned me.
beat
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From this reading Your heart beat hard against my arm, My foot to yours was set, Your loosened ringlet burned my cheek Whenever they two met.
beckoned
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From this reading The tall trees stood in the sunlight As still as still could be, But the deep grass sighed and rustled And bowed and beckoned me.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading YOU LOOKED SO TEMPTING IN THE PEW YOU looked so tempting in the pew, You looked so sly and calm— My trembling fingers played with yours As both looked out the Psalm.
bowed
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From this reading The tall trees stood in the sunlight As still as still could be, But the deep grass sighed and rustled And bowed and beckoned me.
brushed
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From this reading The deep grass moved and whispered And bowed and brushed my face.
burned
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From this reading Your heart beat hard against my arm, My foot to yours was set, Your loosened ringlet burned my cheek Whenever they two met.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The tall trees stood in the sunlight As still as still could be, But the deep grass sighed and rustled And bowed and beckoned me.
calm
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From this reading YOU LOOKED SO TEMPTING IN THE PEW YOU looked so tempting in the pew, You looked so sly and calm— My trembling fingers played with yours As both looked out the Psalm.
cheek
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From this reading Your heart beat hard against my arm, My foot to yours was set, Your loosened ringlet burned my cheek Whenever they two met.
comes
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From this reading It whispered in the sunshine: “The winter comes apace.”
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The tall trees stood in the sunlight As still as still could be, But the deep grass sighed and rustled And bowed and beckoned me.
deep
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From this reading The tall trees stood in the sunlight As still as still could be, But the deep grass sighed and rustled And bowed and beckoned me.
face
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From this reading The deep grass moved and whispered And bowed and brushed my face.
fingers
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From this reading YOU LOOKED SO TEMPTING IN THE PEW YOU looked so tempting in the pew, You looked so sly and calm— My trembling fingers played with yours As both looked out the Psalm.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Your heart beat hard against my arm, My foot to yours was set, Your loosened ringlet burned my cheek Whenever they two met.
grass
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From this reading The tall trees stood in the sunlight As still as still could be, But the deep grass sighed and rustled And bowed and beckoned me.
hard
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From this reading Your heart beat hard against my arm, My foot to yours was set, Your loosened ringlet burned my cheek Whenever they two met.
heart
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From this reading Your heart beat hard against my arm, My foot to yours was set, Your loosened ringlet burned my cheek Whenever they two met.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The tall trees stood in the sunlight As still as still could be, But the deep grass sighed and rustled And bowed and beckoned me.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It whispered in the sunshine: “The winter comes apace.”
LOOKEDnounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading YOU LOOKED SO TEMPTING IN THE PEW YOU looked so tempting in the pew, You looked so sly and calm— My trembling fingers played with yours As both looked out the Psalm.
loosened
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From this reading Your heart beat hard against my arm, My foot to yours was set, Your loosened ringlet burned my cheek Whenever they two met.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The tall trees stood in the sunlight As still as still could be, But the deep grass sighed and rustled And bowed and beckoned me.
met
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From this reading Your heart beat hard against my arm, My foot to yours was set, Your loosened ringlet burned my cheek Whenever they two met.
moved
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From this reading The deep grass moved and whispered And bowed and brushed my face.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The deep grass moved and whispered And bowed and brushed my face.
out
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From this reading YOU LOOKED SO TEMPTING IN THE PEW YOU looked so tempting in the pew, You looked so sly and calm— My trembling fingers played with yours As both looked out the Psalm.
PEW
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From this reading YOU LOOKED SO TEMPTING IN THE PEW YOU looked so tempting in the pew, You looked so sly and calm— My trembling fingers played with yours As both looked out the Psalm.
played
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From this reading YOU LOOKED SO TEMPTING IN THE PEW YOU looked so tempting in the pew, You looked so sly and calm— My trembling fingers played with yours As both looked out the Psalm.
Psalm
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From this reading YOU LOOKED SO TEMPTING IN THE PEW YOU looked so tempting in the pew, You looked so sly and calm— My trembling fingers played with yours As both looked out the Psalm.
ringlet
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From this reading Your heart beat hard against my arm, My foot to yours was set, Your loosened ringlet burned my cheek Whenever they two met.
rustled
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From this reading The tall trees stood in the sunlight As still as still could be, But the deep grass sighed and rustled And bowed and beckoned me.
set
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From this reading Your heart beat hard against my arm, My foot to yours was set, Your loosened ringlet burned my cheek Whenever they two met.
sighed
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From this reading The tall trees stood in the sunlight As still as still could be, But the deep grass sighed and rustled And bowed and beckoned me.
sly
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From this reading YOU LOOKED SO TEMPTING IN THE PEW YOU looked so tempting in the pew, You looked so sly and calm— My trembling fingers played with yours As both looked out the Psalm.
SOconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading YOU LOOKED SO TEMPTING IN THE PEW YOU looked so tempting in the pew, You looked so sly and calm— My trembling fingers played with yours As both looked out the Psalm.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The tall trees stood in the sunlight As still as still could be, But the deep grass sighed and rustled And bowed and beckoned me.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The tall trees stood in the sunlight As still as still could be, But the deep grass sighed and rustled And bowed and beckoned me.
sunlight
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From this reading The tall trees stood in the sunlight As still as still could be, But the deep grass sighed and rustled And bowed and beckoned me.
sunshine
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From this reading It whispered in the sunshine: “The winter comes apace.”
tall
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From this reading The tall trees stood in the sunlight As still as still could be, But the deep grass sighed and rustled And bowed and beckoned me.
TEMPTING
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From this reading YOU LOOKED SO TEMPTING IN THE PEW YOU looked so tempting in the pew, You looked so sly and calm— My trembling fingers played with yours As both looked out the Psalm.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The tall trees stood in the sunlight As still as still could be, But the deep grass sighed and rustled And bowed and beckoned me.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Your heart beat hard against my arm, My foot to yours was set, Your loosened ringlet burned my cheek Whenever they two met.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Your heart beat hard against my arm, My foot to yours was set, Your loosened ringlet burned my cheek Whenever they two met.
trees
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From this reading The tall trees stood in the sunlight As still as still could be, But the deep grass sighed and rustled And bowed and beckoned me.
trembling
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From this reading YOU LOOKED SO TEMPTING IN THE PEW YOU looked so tempting in the pew, You looked so sly and calm— My trembling fingers played with yours As both looked out the Psalm.
two
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From this reading Your heart beat hard against my arm, My foot to yours was set, Your loosened ringlet burned my cheek Whenever they two met.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Your heart beat hard against my arm, My foot to yours was set, Your loosened ringlet burned my cheek Whenever they two met.
WheneverconjunctionUS /weˈnevər/
at any time that; every time that
From this reading Your heart beat hard against my arm, My foot to yours was set, Your loosened ringlet burned my cheek Whenever they two met.
whispered
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From this reading The deep grass moved and whispered And bowed and brushed my face.
winter
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From this reading It whispered in the sunshine: “The winter comes apace.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading YOU LOOKED SO TEMPTING IN THE PEW YOU looked so tempting in the pew, You looked so sly and calm— My trembling fingers played with yours As both looked out the Psalm.
YOUpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading YOU LOOKED SO TEMPTING IN THE PEW YOU looked so tempting in the pew, You looked so sly and calm— My trembling fingers played with yours As both looked out the Psalm.
YourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your heart beat hard against my arm, My foot to yours was set, Your loosened ringlet burned my cheek Whenever they two met.
yourspronounUS /jʊrz/
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading YOU LOOKED SO TEMPTING IN THE PEW YOU looked so tempting in the pew, You looked so sly and calm— My trembling fingers played with yours As both looked out the Psalm.
