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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 Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
AcrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading IT was five o'clock in the afternoon.
afternoons
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From this reading The front of the house preserved that peculiar stillness that was always its characteristic on summer afternoons.
all
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From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
always
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From this reading The front of the house preserved that peculiar stillness that was always its characteristic on summer afternoons.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
bathed
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From this reading Sycamore Farm lay bathed in golden sunshine, save where the old trees from which it got its name cast soft shadows across the green lawn.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
cares
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From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
cast
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From this reading Sycamore Farm lay bathed in golden sunshine, save where the old trees from which it got its name cast soft shadows across the green lawn.
characteristic
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From this reading The front of the house preserved that peculiar stillness that was always its characteristic on summer afternoons.
dividing
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From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
Doubling
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From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
enters
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From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
Farm
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From this reading Sycamore Farm lay bathed in golden sunshine, save where the old trees from which it got its name cast soft shadows across the green lawn.
five
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From this reading IT was five o'clock in the afternoon.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Sycamore Farm lay bathed in golden sunshine, save where the old trees from which it got its name cast soft shadows across the green lawn.
front
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From this reading The front of the house preserved that peculiar stillness that was always its characteristic on summer afternoons.
golden
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From this reading Sycamore Farm lay bathed in golden sunshine, save where the old trees from which it got its name cast soft shadows across the green lawn.
got
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From this reading Sycamore Farm lay bathed in golden sunshine, save where the old trees from which it got its name cast soft shadows across the green lawn.
green
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From this reading Sycamore Farm lay bathed in golden sunshine, save where the old trees from which it got its name cast soft shadows across the green lawn.
guardian-angel
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From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
house
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From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IT was five o'clock in the afternoon.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
ITpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading IT was five o'clock in the afternoon.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Sycamore Farm lay bathed in golden sunshine, save where the old trees from which it got its name cast soft shadows across the green lawn.
kissed
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From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
lawn
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From this reading Sycamore Farm lay bathed in golden sunshine, save where the old trees from which it got its name cast soft shadows across the green lawn.
lay
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From this reading Sycamore Farm lay bathed in golden sunshine, save where the old trees from which it got its name cast soft shadows across the green lawn.
led
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From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
light
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From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sycamore Farm lay bathed in golden sunshine, save where the old trees from which it got its name cast soft shadows across the green lawn.
night
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From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
o'clock
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From this reading IT was five o'clock in the afternoon.
o'er
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From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The front of the house preserved that peculiar stillness that was always its characteristic on summer afternoons.
off
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From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
old
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From this reading Sycamore Farm lay bathed in golden sunshine, save where the old trees from which it got its name cast soft shadows across the green lawn.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The front of the house preserved that peculiar stillness that was always its characteristic on summer afternoons.
peculiar
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From this reading The front of the house preserved that peculiar stillness that was always its characteristic on summer afternoons.
pleasure
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From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
preserved
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From this reading The front of the house preserved that peculiar stillness that was always its characteristic on summer afternoons.
presiding
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From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
ROGERS
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From this reading ROGERS.
Rose
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From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading Sycamore Farm lay bathed in golden sunshine, save where the old trees from which it got its name cast soft shadows across the green lawn.
shadows
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From this reading Sycamore Farm lay bathed in golden sunshine, save where the old trees from which it got its name cast soft shadows across the green lawn.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
shed
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From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
Shining
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From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
soft
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From this reading Sycamore Farm lay bathed in golden sunshine, save where the old trees from which it got its name cast soft shadows across the green lawn.
soon
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From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
stillness
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From this reading The front of the house preserved that peculiar stillness that was always its characteristic on summer afternoons.
summer
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From this reading The front of the house preserved that peculiar stillness that was always its characteristic on summer afternoons.
sunshine
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From this reading Sycamore Farm lay bathed in golden sunshine, save where the old trees from which it got its name cast soft shadows across the green lawn.
Sycamore
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From this reading Sycamore Farm lay bathed in golden sunshine, save where the old trees from which it got its name cast soft shadows across the green lawn.
tear
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From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The front of the house preserved that peculiar stillness that was always its characteristic on summer afternoons.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
there
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From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
threshold
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From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
trees
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From this reading Sycamore Farm lay bathed in golden sunshine, save where the old trees from which it got its name cast soft shadows across the green lawn.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IT was five o'clock in the afternoon.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Sycamore Farm lay bathed in golden sunshine, save where the old trees from which it got its name cast soft shadows across the green lawn.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Sycamore Farm lay bathed in golden sunshine, save where the old trees from which it got its name cast soft shadows across the green lawn.
White
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From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
Wild
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From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading "The Little White Wild Rose" Across the threshold led, And every tear kissed off as soon as shed, His house she enters, there to be a light; Shining within when all without is night, A guardian-angel o'er his life presiding, Doubling his pleasure, and his cares dividing!
