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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 His warm breath ripened the fruit on the trees, and gave a bright yellow colour to the corn, and purple bloom to the grapes, as he passed through fields and vineyards.
ago
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From this reading I told you, some time ago, how Van Frey went away into Alfheim with the light elves, of whom Odin made him king and schoolmaster.
Alfheim
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I told you, some time ago, how Van Frey went away into Alfheim with the light elves, of whom Odin made him king and schoolmaster.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading His warm breath ripened the fruit on the trees, and gave a bright yellow colour to the corn, and purple bloom to the grapes, as he passed through fields and vineyards.
away
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bloom
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From this reading His warm breath ripened the fruit on the trees, and gave a bright yellow colour to the corn, and purple bloom to the grapes, as he passed through fields and vineyards.
breath
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From this reading His warm breath ripened the fruit on the trees, and gave a bright yellow colour to the corn, and purple bloom to the grapes, as he passed through fields and vineyards.
bright
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From this reading His warm breath ripened the fruit on the trees, and gave a bright yellow colour to the corn, and purple bloom to the grapes, as he passed through fields and vineyards.
bright-winged
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From this reading Flowers sprang up under his footsteps, and bright-winged insects, like flying flowers, hovered round his head.
came
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From this reading Wherever Frey came there was summer and sunshine.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading You have heard what Frey was like, and the kind of lessons he promised to teach his pupils, so you can imagine what pleasant times they had of it in Alfheim.
colour
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From this reading His warm breath ripened the fruit on the trees, and gave a bright yellow colour to the corn, and purple bloom to the grapes, as he passed through fields and vineyards.
corn
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From this reading His warm breath ripened the fruit on the trees, and gave a bright yellow colour to the corn, and purple bloom to the grapes, as he passed through fields and vineyards.
elves
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From this reading I told you, some time ago, how Van Frey went away into Alfheim with the light elves, of whom Odin made him king and schoolmaster.
fields
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From this reading His warm breath ripened the fruit on the trees, and gave a bright yellow colour to the corn, and purple bloom to the grapes, as he passed through fields and vineyards.
Flowers
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From this reading Flowers sprang up under his footsteps, and bright-winged insects, like flying flowers, hovered round his head.
flying
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From this reading Flowers sprang up under his footsteps, and bright-winged insects, like flying flowers, hovered round his head.
footsteps
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From this reading Flowers sprang up under his footsteps, and bright-winged insects, like flying flowers, hovered round his head.
Frey
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fruit
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From this reading His warm breath ripened the fruit on the trees, and gave a bright yellow colour to the corn, and purple bloom to the grapes, as he passed through fields and vineyards.
gave
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From this reading His warm breath ripened the fruit on the trees, and gave a bright yellow colour to the corn, and purple bloom to the grapes, as he passed through fields and vineyards.
grapes
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From this reading His warm breath ripened the fruit on the trees, and gave a bright yellow colour to the corn, and purple bloom to the grapes, as he passed through fields and vineyards.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading You have heard what Frey was like, and the kind of lessons he promised to teach his pupils, so you can imagine what pleasant times they had of it in Alfheim.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You have heard what Frey was like, and the kind of lessons he promised to teach his pupils, so you can imagine what pleasant times they had of it in Alfheim.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading You have heard what Frey was like, and the kind of lessons he promised to teach his pupils, so you can imagine what pleasant times they had of it in Alfheim.
head
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From this reading Flowers sprang up under his footsteps, and bright-winged insects, like flying flowers, hovered round his head.
heard
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From this reading You have heard what Frey was like, and the kind of lessons he promised to teach his pupils, so you can imagine what pleasant times they had of it in Alfheim.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I told you, some time ago, how Van Frey went away into Alfheim with the light elves, of whom Odin made him king and schoolmaster.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
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hovered
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From this reading Flowers sprang up under his footsteps, and bright-winged insects, like flying flowers, hovered round his head.
how
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From this reading I told you, some time ago, how Van Frey went away into Alfheim with the light elves, of whom Odin made him king and schoolmaster.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I told you, some time ago, how Van Frey went away into Alfheim with the light elves, of whom Odin made him king and schoolmaster.
imaginenounUS /ˈimagine/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading You have heard what Frey was like, and the kind of lessons he promised to teach his pupils, so you can imagine what pleasant times they had of it in Alfheim.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You have heard what Frey was like, and the kind of lessons he promised to teach his pupils, so you can imagine what pleasant times they had of it in Alfheim.
insects
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From this reading Flowers sprang up under his footsteps, and bright-winged insects, like flying flowers, hovered round his head.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I told you, some time ago, how Van Frey went away into Alfheim with the light elves, of whom Odin made him king and schoolmaster.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You have heard what Frey was like, and the kind of lessons he promised to teach his pupils, so you can imagine what pleasant times they had of it in Alfheim.
kind
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king
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From this reading I told you, some time ago, how Van Frey went away into Alfheim with the light elves, of whom Odin made him king and schoolmaster.
lessons
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light
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like
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made
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From this reading I told you, some time ago, how Van Frey went away into Alfheim with the light elves, of whom Odin made him king and schoolmaster.
Odin
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I told you, some time ago, how Van Frey went away into Alfheim with the light elves, of whom Odin made him king and schoolmaster.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading His warm breath ripened the fruit on the trees, and gave a bright yellow colour to the corn, and purple bloom to the grapes, as he passed through fields and vineyards.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His warm breath ripened the fruit on the trees, and gave a bright yellow colour to the corn, and purple bloom to the grapes, as he passed through fields and vineyards.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You have heard what Frey was like, and the kind of lessons he promised to teach his pupils, so you can imagine what pleasant times they had of it in Alfheim.
promised
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From this reading You have heard what Frey was like, and the kind of lessons he promised to teach his pupils, so you can imagine what pleasant times they had of it in Alfheim.
pupils
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purple
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From this reading His warm breath ripened the fruit on the trees, and gave a bright yellow colour to the corn, and purple bloom to the grapes, as he passed through fields and vineyards.
ripened
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From this reading His warm breath ripened the fruit on the trees, and gave a bright yellow colour to the corn, and purple bloom to the grapes, as he passed through fields and vineyards.
round
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From this reading Flowers sprang up under his footsteps, and bright-winged insects, like flying flowers, hovered round his head.
schoolmaster
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From this reading I told you, some time ago, how Van Frey went away into Alfheim with the light elves, of whom Odin made him king and schoolmaster.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
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some
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From this reading I told you, some time ago, how Van Frey went away into Alfheim with the light elves, of whom Odin made him king and schoolmaster.
sprang
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From this reading Flowers sprang up under his footsteps, and bright-winged insects, like flying flowers, hovered round his head.
summer
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From this reading Wherever Frey came there was summer and sunshine.
sunshine
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From this reading Wherever Frey came there was summer and sunshine.
teach
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I told you, some time ago, how Van Frey went away into Alfheim with the light elves, of whom Odin made him king and schoolmaster.
there
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From this reading Wherever Frey came there was summer and sunshine.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading You have heard what Frey was like, and the kind of lessons he promised to teach his pupils, so you can imagine what pleasant times they had of it in Alfheim.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading His warm breath ripened the fruit on the trees, and gave a bright yellow colour to the corn, and purple bloom to the grapes, as he passed through fields and vineyards.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I told you, some time ago, how Van Frey went away into Alfheim with the light elves, of whom Odin made him king and schoolmaster.
times
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You have heard what Frey was like, and the kind of lessons he promised to teach his pupils, so you can imagine what pleasant times they had of it in Alfheim.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I told you, some time ago, how Van Frey went away into Alfheim with the light elves, of whom Odin made him king and schoolmaster.
trees
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From this reading His warm breath ripened the fruit on the trees, and gave a bright yellow colour to the corn, and purple bloom to the grapes, as he passed through fields and vineyards.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Flowers sprang up under his footsteps, and bright-winged insects, like flying flowers, hovered round his head.
up
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From this reading Flowers sprang up under his footsteps, and bright-winged insects, like flying flowers, hovered round his head.
Van
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vineyards
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From this reading His warm breath ripened the fruit on the trees, and gave a bright yellow colour to the corn, and purple bloom to the grapes, as he passed through fields and vineyards.
warm
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From this reading His warm breath ripened the fruit on the trees, and gave a bright yellow colour to the corn, and purple bloom to the grapes, as he passed through fields and vineyards.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading You have heard what Frey was like, and the kind of lessons he promised to teach his pupils, so you can imagine what pleasant times they had of it in Alfheim.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I told you, some time ago, how Van Frey went away into Alfheim with the light elves, of whom Odin made him king and schoolmaster.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading You have heard what Frey was like, and the kind of lessons he promised to teach his pupils, so you can imagine what pleasant times they had of it in Alfheim.
WhereverconjunctionUS /weˈrevər/
in or to any place at all
From this reading Wherever Frey came there was summer and sunshine.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I told you, some time ago, how Van Frey went away into Alfheim with the light elves, of whom Odin made him king and schoolmaster.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I told you, some time ago, how Van Frey went away into Alfheim with the light elves, of whom Odin made him king and schoolmaster.
yellow
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From this reading His warm breath ripened the fruit on the trees, and gave a bright yellow colour to the corn, and purple bloom to the grapes, as he passed through fields and vineyards.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I told you, some time ago, how Van Frey went away into Alfheim with the light elves, of whom Odin made him king and schoolmaster.
