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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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
age
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From this reading Women they were, or rather girls, both being under age--for there were but two of them.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Even the birds themselves might have been glad to see, and welcome among them, things of brightness and beauty far beyond their own.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Not much disturbed, however, nor could the disturbers be justly characterised as intruders.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Not much disturbed, however, nor could the disturbers be justly characterised as intruders.
beauty
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From this reading Even the birds themselves might have been glad to see, and welcome among them, things of brightness and beauty far beyond their own.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Even the birds themselves might have been glad to see, and welcome among them, things of brightness and beauty far beyond their own.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Even the birds themselves might have been glad to see, and welcome among them, things of brightness and beauty far beyond their own.
Birds
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
blackbird
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
bolder
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Women they were, or rather girls, both being under age--for there were but two of them.
bright
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
brightness
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From this reading Even the birds themselves might have been glad to see, and welcome among them, things of brightness and beauty far beyond their own.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Women they were, or rather girls, both being under age--for there were but two of them.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
calm
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From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
cerulean
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
characterised
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From this reading Not much disturbed, however, nor could the disturbers be justly characterised as intruders.
clinking
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From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Not much disturbed, however, nor could the disturbers be justly characterised as intruders.
cushat
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
disturbed
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From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
disturbers
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From this reading Not much disturbed, however, nor could the disturbers be justly characterised as intruders.
domain
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From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even the birds themselves might have been glad to see, and welcome among them, things of brightness and beauty far beyond their own.
evening
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From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
far
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From this reading Even the birds themselves might have been glad to see, and welcome among them, things of brightness and beauty far beyond their own.
feathers
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
finches
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
flit
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
Forest
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From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
Forest's
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
frightened
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From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
gaudy
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
girls
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From this reading Women they were, or rather girls, both being under age--for there were but two of them.
glad
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From this reading Even the birds themselves might have been glad to see, and welcome among them, things of brightness and beauty far beyond their own.
gladdened
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
glades
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
green
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Even the birds themselves might have been glad to see, and welcome among them, things of brightness and beauty far beyond their own.
hill
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From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Not much disturbed, however, nor could the disturbers be justly characterised as intruders.
hue
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
intruders
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From this reading Not much disturbed, however, nor could the disturbers be justly characterised as intruders.
intrusion
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From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
jay
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
joyous
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
justly
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From this reading Not much disturbed, however, nor could the disturbers be justly characterised as intruders.
kingfisher
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
lay
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
linnets
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
matchless
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
melody
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Even the birds themselves might have been glad to see, and welcome among them, things of brightness and beauty far beyond their own.
miles
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From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
mingling
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
Mitcheldean-hill
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From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
much
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From this reading Not much disturbed, however, nor could the disturbers be justly characterised as intruders.
nightingale
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
noisy
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Not much disturbed, however, nor could the disturbers be justly characterised as intruders.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not much disturbed, however, nor could the disturbers be justly characterised as intruders.
notes
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Women they were, or rather girls, both being under age--for there were but two of them.
own
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From this reading Even the birds themselves might have been glad to see, and welcome among them, things of brightness and beauty far beyond their own.
rather
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From this reading Women they were, or rather girls, both being under age--for there were but two of them.
scene
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From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
see
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From this reading Even the birds themselves might have been glad to see, and welcome among them, things of brightness and beauty far beyond their own.
softer
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
some
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From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
song
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
songsters
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From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
species
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
spotted
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
springtide
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
stilling
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From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
strife
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From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
summer
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From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
sweet
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
swords
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From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Even the birds themselves might have been glad to see, and welcome among them, things of brightness and beauty far beyond their own.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Even the birds themselves might have been glad to see, and welcome among them, things of brightness and beauty far beyond their own.
there
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From this reading Women they were, or rather girls, both being under age--for there were but two of them.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Women they were, or rather girls, both being under age--for there were but two of them.
things
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From this reading Even the birds themselves might have been glad to see, and welcome among them, things of brightness and beauty far beyond their own.
three
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From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
thrush
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Even the birds themselves might have been glad to see, and welcome among them, things of brightness and beauty far beyond their own.
too
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
trees
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
turtle-dove
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
twittering
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
two
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Women they were, or rather girls, both being under age--for there were but two of them.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
voices
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From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
welcome
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From this reading Even the birds themselves might have been glad to see, and welcome among them, things of brightness and beauty far beyond their own.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
wild-wood
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From this reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On that calm summer evening, when the clinking of swords on Mitcheldean-hill frightened the Forest birds, for a time stilling their voices, on another hill, some three miles distant from the scene of strife, the sweet songsters were being disturbed by intrusion upon their wild-wood domain.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
Women
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From this reading Women they were, or rather girls, both being under age--for there were but two of them.
woodpecker
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From this reading Birds of bright feathers, too, still flit through the Forest's trees; the noisy jay, the gaudy, green woodpecker, and the two spotted species; with the kingfisher of cerulean hue; while its glades are gladdened by the sweet song of the thrush, the bolder lay of the blackbird; in springtide, the matchless melody of the nightingale--the joyous twittering of linnets and finches, mingling with the softer notes of the cushat and turtle-dove.
