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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 She throws a kiss and bids me run, In whispers sweet as roses' breath; I know I can not win the race, And at the end I know is death.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Miss Patricia received me the following afternoon on the lawn at St. Agatha's where, in a cool angle of the buildings, a maid was laying the cloth on a small table.
Agatha's
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From this reading Miss Patricia received me the following afternoon on the lawn at St. Agatha's where, in a cool angle of the buildings, a maid was laying the cloth on a small table.
aisles
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From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
all
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From this reading O race of love! we all have run Thy happy course through groves of spring, And cared not, when at last we lost, For life, or death, or anything!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
angle
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From this reading Miss Patricia received me the following afternoon on the lawn at St. Agatha's where, in a cool angle of the buildings, a maid was laying the cloth on a small table.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading O race of love! we all have run Thy happy course through groves of spring, And cared not, when at last we lost, For life, or death, or anything!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She throws a kiss and bids me run, In whispers sweet as roses' breath; I know I can not win the race, And at the end I know is death.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She throws a kiss and bids me run, In whispers sweet as roses' breath; I know I can not win the race, And at the end I know is death.
Atalanta
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From this reading --_Atalanta: Maurice Thompson_.
bids
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From this reading She throws a kiss and bids me run, In whispers sweet as roses' breath; I know I can not win the race, And at the end I know is death.
breath
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From this reading She throws a kiss and bids me run, In whispers sweet as roses' breath; I know I can not win the race, And at the end I know is death.
buildings
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From this reading Miss Patricia received me the following afternoon on the lawn at St. Agatha's where, in a cool angle of the buildings, a maid was laying the cloth on a small table.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading She throws a kiss and bids me run, In whispers sweet as roses' breath; I know I can not win the race, And at the end I know is death.
cared
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From this reading O race of love! we all have run Thy happy course through groves of spring, And cared not, when at last we lost, For life, or death, or anything!
cloth
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From this reading Miss Patricia received me the following afternoon on the lawn at St. Agatha's where, in a cool angle of the buildings, a maid was laying the cloth on a small table.
CONFIDENCES
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From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
cool
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From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading O race of love! we all have run Thy happy course through groves of spring, And cared not, when at last we lost, For life, or death, or anything!
death
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From this reading She throws a kiss and bids me run, In whispers sweet as roses' breath; I know I can not win the race, And at the end I know is death.
down
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From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
dusk
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From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
end
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From this reading She throws a kiss and bids me run, In whispers sweet as roses' breath; I know I can not win the race, And at the end I know is death.
feet
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From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
following
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From this reading Miss Patricia received me the following afternoon on the lawn at St. Agatha's where, in a cool angle of the buildings, a maid was laying the cloth on a small table.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading O race of love! we all have run Thy happy course through groves of spring, And cared not, when at last we lost, For life, or death, or anything!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
green
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From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
groves
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From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
grows
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From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
happy
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From this reading O race of love! we all have run Thy happy course through groves of spring, And cared not, when at last we lost, For life, or death, or anything!
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading O race of love! we all have run Thy happy course through groves of spring, And cared not, when at last we lost, For life, or death, or anything!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She throws a kiss and bids me run, In whispers sweet as roses' breath; I know I can not win the race, And at the end I know is death.
kiss
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From this reading She throws a kiss and bids me run, In whispers sweet as roses' breath; I know I can not win the race, And at the end I know is death.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She throws a kiss and bids me run, In whispers sweet as roses' breath; I know I can not win the race, And at the end I know is death.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading O race of love! we all have run Thy happy course through groves of spring, And cared not, when at last we lost, For life, or death, or anything!
lawn
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From this reading Miss Patricia received me the following afternoon on the lawn at St. Agatha's where, in a cool angle of the buildings, a maid was laying the cloth on a small table.
laying
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From this reading Miss Patricia received me the following afternoon on the lawn at St. Agatha's where, in a cool angle of the buildings, a maid was laying the cloth on a small table.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading O race of love! we all have run Thy happy course through groves of spring, And cared not, when at last we lost, For life, or death, or anything!
lost
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From this reading O race of love! we all have run Thy happy course through groves of spring, And cared not, when at last we lost, For life, or death, or anything!
love
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From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
maid
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From this reading Miss Patricia received me the following afternoon on the lawn at St. Agatha's where, in a cool angle of the buildings, a maid was laying the cloth on a small table.
Maurice
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From this reading --_Atalanta: Maurice Thompson_.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She throws a kiss and bids me run, In whispers sweet as roses' breath; I know I can not win the race, And at the end I know is death.
Miss
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From this reading Miss Patricia received me the following afternoon on the lawn at St. Agatha's where, in a cool angle of the buildings, a maid was laying the cloth on a small table.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She throws a kiss and bids me run, In whispers sweet as roses' breath; I know I can not win the race, And at the end I know is death.
O
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From this reading O race of love! we all have run Thy happy course through groves of spring, And cared not, when at last we lost, For life, or death, or anything!
odors
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From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading O race of love! we all have run Thy happy course through groves of spring, And cared not, when at last we lost, For life, or death, or anything!
old
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From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading O race of love! we all have run Thy happy course through groves of spring, And cared not, when at last we lost, For life, or death, or anything!
Patricia
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From this reading Miss Patricia received me the following afternoon on the lawn at St. Agatha's where, in a cool angle of the buildings, a maid was laying the cloth on a small table.
race
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From this reading She throws a kiss and bids me run, In whispers sweet as roses' breath; I know I can not win the race, And at the end I know is death.
received
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From this reading Miss Patricia received me the following afternoon on the lawn at St. Agatha's where, in a cool angle of the buildings, a maid was laying the cloth on a small table.
roses
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From this reading She throws a kiss and bids me run, In whispers sweet as roses' breath; I know I can not win the race, And at the end I know is death.
run
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From this reading She throws a kiss and bids me run, In whispers sweet as roses' breath; I know I can not win the race, And at the end I know is death.
see
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From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
Set
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From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She throws a kiss and bids me run, In whispers sweet as roses' breath; I know I can not win the race, And at the end I know is death.
shining
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From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
sleepy
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From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
small
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From this reading Miss Patricia received me the following afternoon on the lawn at St. Agatha's where, in a cool angle of the buildings, a maid was laying the cloth on a small table.
South
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From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
Speed
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From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
Spring
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From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
St
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From this reading Miss Patricia received me the following afternoon on the lawn at St. Agatha's where, in a cool angle of the buildings, a maid was laying the cloth on a small table.
sweet
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From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
table
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From this reading Miss Patricia received me the following afternoon on the lawn at St. Agatha's where, in a cool angle of the buildings, a maid was laying the cloth on a small table.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
Thompson
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From this reading --_Atalanta: Maurice Thompson_.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading O race of love! we all have run Thy happy course through groves of spring, And cared not, when at last we lost, For life, or death, or anything!
throws
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From this reading She throws a kiss and bids me run, In whispers sweet as roses' breath; I know I can not win the race, And at the end I know is death.
ThydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading O race of love! we all have run Thy happy course through groves of spring, And cared not, when at last we lost, For life, or death, or anything!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Miss Patricia received me the following afternoon on the lawn at St. Agatha's where, in a cool angle of the buildings, a maid was laying the cloth on a small table.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading O race of love! we all have run Thy happy course through groves of spring, And cared not, when at last we lost, For life, or death, or anything!
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Miss Patricia received me the following afternoon on the lawn at St. Agatha's where, in a cool angle of the buildings, a maid was laying the cloth on a small table.
whispers
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From this reading She throws a kiss and bids me run, In whispers sweet as roses' breath; I know I can not win the race, And at the end I know is death.
win
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From this reading She throws a kiss and bids me run, In whispers sweet as roses' breath; I know I can not win the race, And at the end I know is death.
winds
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From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading CONFIDENCES When Spring grows old, and sleepy winds Set from the South with odors sweet, I see my love in green, cool groves, Speed down dusk aisles on shining feet.
