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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 Miss Flora Sturtevant was walking slowly along a lovely forest-road.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
all
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From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Miss Flora Sturtevant was walking slowly along a lovely forest-road.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading The robin, the thrush, and the oriole, still delaying through the warm autumnal weather, sang by starts amid the branches.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was near sunset, and the rays of light shot long bars of dusky gold between the tree-trunks.
autumnal
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From this reading The robin, the thrush, and the oriole, still delaying through the warm autumnal weather, sang by starts amid the branches.
bars
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From this reading It was near sunset, and the rays of light shot long bars of dusky gold between the tree-trunks.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading It was near sunset, and the rays of light shot long bars of dusky gold between the tree-trunks.
branches
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From this reading The robin, the thrush, and the oriole, still delaying through the warm autumnal weather, sang by starts amid the branches.
bright
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From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The robin, the thrush, and the oriole, still delaying through the warm autumnal weather, sang by starts amid the branches.
centre
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From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
delaying
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From this reading The robin, the thrush, and the oriole, still delaying through the warm autumnal weather, sang by starts amid the branches.
dress
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From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
dusky
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From this reading It was near sunset, and the rays of light shot long bars of dusky gold between the tree-trunks.
figure
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From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
Flora
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From this reading Miss Flora Sturtevant was walking slowly along a lovely forest-road.
Flora's
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From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
forest-road
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From this reading Miss Flora Sturtevant was walking slowly along a lovely forest-road.
gleams
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From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
glow
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From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
gold
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From this reading It was near sunset, and the rays of light shot long bars of dusky gold between the tree-trunks.
hat
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From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
hundred
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From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was near sunset, and the rays of light shot long bars of dusky gold between the tree-trunks.
knots
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From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
light
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From this reading It was near sunset, and the rays of light shot long bars of dusky gold between the tree-trunks.
lighted
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From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
lights
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From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was near sunset, and the rays of light shot long bars of dusky gold between the tree-trunks.
lovely
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From this reading Miss Flora Sturtevant was walking slowly along a lovely forest-road.
making
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From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
Miss
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From this reading Miss Flora Sturtevant was walking slowly along a lovely forest-road.
near
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From this reading It was near sunset, and the rays of light shot long bars of dusky gold between the tree-trunks.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was near sunset, and the rays of light shot long bars of dusky gold between the tree-trunks.
oriole
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From this reading The robin, the thrush, and the oriole, still delaying through the warm autumnal weather, sang by starts amid the branches.
poppies
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From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
rays
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From this reading It was near sunset, and the rays of light shot long bars of dusky gold between the tree-trunks.
ribbon
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From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
ROAD
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From this reading THE RUSTIC ROAD.
robin
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From this reading The robin, the thrush, and the oriole, still delaying through the warm autumnal weather, sang by starts amid the branches.
RUSTIC
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From this reading THE RUSTIC ROAD.
sang
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From this reading The robin, the thrush, and the oriole, still delaying through the warm autumnal weather, sang by starts amid the branches.
scarlet
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From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
seem
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From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
shot
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From this reading It was near sunset, and the rays of light shot long bars of dusky gold between the tree-trunks.
slowly
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From this reading Miss Flora Sturtevant was walking slowly along a lovely forest-road.
starts
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From this reading The robin, the thrush, and the oriole, still delaying through the warm autumnal weather, sang by starts amid the branches.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The robin, the thrush, and the oriole, still delaying through the warm autumnal weather, sang by starts amid the branches.
Sturtevant
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From this reading Miss Flora Sturtevant was walking slowly along a lovely forest-road.
sunset
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From this reading It was near sunset, and the rays of light shot long bars of dusky gold between the tree-trunks.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE RUSTIC ROAD.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The robin, the thrush, and the oriole, still delaying through the warm autumnal weather, sang by starts amid the branches.
thrush
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From this reading The robin, the thrush, and the oriole, still delaying through the warm autumnal weather, sang by starts amid the branches.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
touched
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From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
tree-trunks
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From this reading It was near sunset, and the rays of light shot long bars of dusky gold between the tree-trunks.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
walking
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From this reading Miss Flora Sturtevant was walking slowly along a lovely forest-road.
warm
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From this reading The robin, the thrush, and the oriole, still delaying through the warm autumnal weather, sang by starts amid the branches.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Miss Flora Sturtevant was walking slowly along a lovely forest-road.
weather
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From this reading The robin, the thrush, and the oriole, still delaying through the warm autumnal weather, sang by starts amid the branches.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
wood
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From this reading The bright knots of ribbon upon Flora's dress, and the scarlet poppies in her hat, were touched and lighted by the glow, making all the hundred lights and gleams of the wood seem to centre about her figure.
