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AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
Black
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From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
boat-house
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From this reading Gillespie was smoking his pipe on the boat-house steps.
brothers
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From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
Burton
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From this reading --_Richard Burton_.
cold
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From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
cry
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From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
dark
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From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
days
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From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
dim
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From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
fall
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From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
fold
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From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
gathered
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From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
Gillespie
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From this reading Gillespie was smoking his pipe on the boat-house steps.
go
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From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
HANDSplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
hark
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From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
heart
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From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
hills
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From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Gillespie was smoking his pipe on the boat-house steps.
homely
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From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
inner
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From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
large
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From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
libertynounUS /ˈlɪb.ər.ti/
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
loom
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From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
marvel
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From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
Maybe
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From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
MeanwhilenounUS /ˈmeanwhile/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
mutely
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From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
MYdeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
night
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From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
oft
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From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Gillespie was smoking his pipe on the boat-house steps.
out
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From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
outcast
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From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
pipe
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From this reading Gillespie was smoking his pipe on the boat-house steps.
plains
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From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
Richard
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From this reading --_Richard Burton_.
Safe
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From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
sheep
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From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
shepherd's
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From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
sick
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From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
smokingnounUS /ˈsmoking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Gillespie was smoking his pipe on the boat-house steps.
souls
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From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
spite
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From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
steps
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From this reading Gillespie was smoking his pipe on the boat-house steps.
tameless
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From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
They're
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From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
voice
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From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Gillespie was smoking his pipe on the boat-house steps.
ways
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From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading And oft at night, when the plains fall dark And hills loom large and dim, For the shepherd's voice they mutely hark, And their souls go out to him.
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
why
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From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
WITHprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "WITH MY HANDS" Maybe in spite of their tameless days Of outcast liberty, They're sick at heart for the homely ways Where their gathered brothers be.
wonder
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From this reading Meanwhile "Black sheep! black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold: And maybe they hear, and wonder why, And marvel, out in the cold.
