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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 "A vague unrest And a nameless longing filled her breast."
all
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From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "A vague unrest And a nameless longing filled her breast."
any
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From this reading The night is lovely and balmy as any evening in the Summer months gone by, though now September shakes the leaves to their fall.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading TIME, as a rushing wind, slips by, and brings us Dulce's ball.
balconies
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From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
ball
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balmy
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From this reading The night is lovely and balmy as any evening in the Summer months gone by, though now September shakes the leaves to their fall.
beams
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From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
beauty
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From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
blow
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From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
breast
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From this reading "A vague unrest And a nameless longing filled her breast."
breeze
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From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
bright
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From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
brings
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From this reading TIME, as a rushing wind, slips by, and brings us Dulce's ball.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
buds
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From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading TIME, as a rushing wind, slips by, and brings us Dulce's ball.
clear
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From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
cold
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From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
day
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From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
down
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From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
Dulce's
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evening
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From this reading The night is lovely and balmy as any evening in the Summer months gone by, though now September shakes the leaves to their fall.
fall
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From this reading The night is lovely and balmy as any evening in the Summer months gone by, though now September shakes the leaves to their fall.
filled
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From this reading "A vague unrest And a nameless longing filled her breast."
flood
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From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
flowers
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From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
forth
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From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
garden
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From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
gone
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From this reading The night is lovely and balmy as any evening in the Summer months gone by, though now September shakes the leaves to their fall.
heaven
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From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "A vague unrest And a nameless longing filled her breast."
high
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From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The night is lovely and balmy as any evening in the Summer months gone by, though now September shakes the leaves to their fall.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The night is lovely and balmy as any evening in the Summer months gone by, though now September shakes the leaves to their fall.
kiss
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From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
leaves
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From this reading The night is lovely and balmy as any evening in the Summer months gone by, though now September shakes the leaves to their fall.
lie
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From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
lights
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From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
longing
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From this reading "A vague unrest And a nameless longing filled her breast."
lovely
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From this reading The night is lovely and balmy as any evening in the Summer months gone by, though now September shakes the leaves to their fall.
months
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From this reading The night is lovely and balmy as any evening in the Summer months gone by, though now September shakes the leaves to their fall.
moonshine
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From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
myriad
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From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
mystical
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From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
namelessadjectiveUS /ˈneɪm.ləs/
Having no name, or having a name that is kept secret or unknown.
From this reading "A vague unrest And a nameless longing filled her breast."
night
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From this reading The night is lovely and balmy as any evening in the Summer months gone by, though now September shakes the leaves to their fall.
noon
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From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
now
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From this reading The night is lovely and balmy as any evening in the Summer months gone by, though now September shakes the leaves to their fall.
ocean
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From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
overhead
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From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
pale
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From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
patches
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From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
revel
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From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
rushing
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From this reading TIME, as a rushing wind, slips by, and brings us Dulce's ball.
September
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From this reading The night is lovely and balmy as any evening in the Summer months gone by, though now September shakes the leaves to their fall.
set
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From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
shakes
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From this reading The night is lovely and balmy as any evening in the Summer months gone by, though now September shakes the leaves to their fall.
shore
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From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
show
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From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
sleeping
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From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
slips
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From this reading TIME, as a rushing wind, slips by, and brings us Dulce's ball.
stars
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From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
steeps
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From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
Summer
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From this reading The night is lovely and balmy as any evening in the Summer months gone by, though now September shakes the leaves to their fall.
sweeps
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From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
t'were
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From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The night is lovely and balmy as any evening in the Summer months gone by, though now September shakes the leaves to their fall.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The night is lovely and balmy as any evening in the Summer months gone by, though now September shakes the leaves to their fall.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The night is lovely and balmy as any evening in the Summer months gone by, though now September shakes the leaves to their fall.
TIMEnounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading TIME, as a rushing wind, slips by, and brings us Dulce's ball.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The night is lovely and balmy as any evening in the Summer months gone by, though now September shakes the leaves to their fall.
unrest
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From this reading "A vague unrest And a nameless longing filled her breast."
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
up
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From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
UponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading TIME, as a rushing wind, slips by, and brings us Dulce's ball.
vague
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From this reading "A vague unrest And a nameless longing filled her breast."
wake
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From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
walls
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From this reading Upon the walls, and all along the balconies, lie patches of broken moonshine; and in the garden the pale beams revel and kiss the buds until they wake; and "all flowers that blow by day come forth, as t'were high noon."
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading TIME, as a rushing wind, slips by, and brings us Dulce's ball.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
world
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From this reading A little breeze sweeps up from the ocean, where the "lights around the shore" show mystical and bright; while overhead, all down the steeps of heaven, myriad stars are set, to flood the sleeping world with their cold, clear beauty.
