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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 To a stranger it would have seemed odd that so many shepherds, and master-farmers with their hinds, should have chosen the same day.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To a stranger it would have seemed odd that so many shepherds, and master-farmers with their hinds, should have chosen the same day.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And the shepherds had decreed that within eight-and-forty hours the wind hounds of the north would be driving snow before them.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading And the shepherds had decreed that within eight-and-forty hours the wind hounds of the north would be driving snow before them.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading THE EWE-GATHERING They were gathering their sheep from the fells under Pengables, to bring them down into the warmer lands below.
bring
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From this reading THE EWE-GATHERING They were gathering their sheep from the fells under Pengables, to bring them down into the warmer lands below.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
choosing
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From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
chosen
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From this reading To a stranger it would have seemed odd that so many shepherds, and master-farmers with their hinds, should have chosen the same day.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Logie country, if it guessed what was to come, made merry with the time left it.
countless
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From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
country
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From this reading The Logie country, if it guessed what was to come, made merry with the time left it.
day
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From this reading To a stranger it would have seemed odd that so many shepherds, and master-farmers with their hinds, should have chosen the same day.
decreed
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From this reading And the shepherds had decreed that within eight-and-forty hours the wind hounds of the north would be driving snow before them.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
down
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From this reading THE EWE-GATHERING They were gathering their sheep from the fells under Pengables, to bring them down into the warmer lands below.
driving
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From this reading And the shepherds had decreed that within eight-and-forty hours the wind hounds of the north would be driving snow before them.
eight-and-forty
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From this reading And the shepherds had decreed that within eight-and-forty hours the wind hounds of the north would be driving snow before them.
EWE-GATHERING
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From this reading THE EWE-GATHERING They were gathering their sheep from the fells under Pengables, to bring them down into the warmer lands below.
farmers
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From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
fell-tops
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From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
fells
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From this reading THE EWE-GATHERING They were gathering their sheep from the fells under Pengables, to bring them down into the warmer lands below.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE EWE-GATHERING They were gathering their sheep from the fells under Pengables, to bring them down into the warmer lands below.
gathering
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From this reading THE EWE-GATHERING They were gathering their sheep from the fells under Pengables, to bring them down into the warmer lands below.
guessed
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From this reading The Logie country, if it guessed what was to come, made merry with the time left it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And the shepherds had decreed that within eight-and-forty hours the wind hounds of the north would be driving snow before them.
haphazard
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From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading To a stranger it would have seemed odd that so many shepherds, and master-farmers with their hinds, should have chosen the same day.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
hinds
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From this reading To a stranger it would have seemed odd that so many shepherds, and master-farmers with their hinds, should have chosen the same day.
hounds
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From this reading And the shepherds had decreed that within eight-and-forty hours the wind hounds of the north would be driving snow before them.
hours
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From this reading And the shepherds had decreed that within eight-and-forty hours the wind hounds of the north would be driving snow before them.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The Logie country, if it guessed what was to come, made merry with the time left it.
indeed
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From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THE EWE-GATHERING They were gathering their sheep from the fells under Pengables, to bring them down into the warmer lands below.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading To a stranger it would have seemed odd that so many shepherds, and master-farmers with their hinds, should have chosen the same day.
lands
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From this reading THE EWE-GATHERING They were gathering their sheep from the fells under Pengables, to bring them down into the warmer lands below.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Logie country, if it guessed what was to come, made merry with the time left it.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
lived
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From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
Logie
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From this reading The Logie country, if it guessed what was to come, made merry with the time left it.
made
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From this reading The Logie country, if it guessed what was to come, made merry with the time left it.
many
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From this reading To a stranger it would have seemed odd that so many shepherds, and master-farmers with their hinds, should have chosen the same day.
master-farmers
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From this reading To a stranger it would have seemed odd that so many shepherds, and master-farmers with their hinds, should have chosen the same day.
merry
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From this reading The Logie country, if it guessed what was to come, made merry with the time left it.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
nearer
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From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
north
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From this reading And the shepherds had decreed that within eight-and-forty hours the wind hounds of the north would be driving snow before them.
occasion
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From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
odd
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From this reading To a stranger it would have seemed odd that so many shepherds, and master-farmers with their hinds, should have chosen the same day.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And the shepherds had decreed that within eight-and-forty hours the wind hounds of the north would be driving snow before them.
Pengables
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From this reading THE EWE-GATHERING They were gathering their sheep from the fells under Pengables, to bring them down into the warmer lands below.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To a stranger it would have seemed odd that so many shepherds, and master-farmers with their hinds, should have chosen the same day.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To a stranger it would have seemed odd that so many shepherds, and master-farmers with their hinds, should have chosen the same day.
served
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From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
sheep
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From this reading THE EWE-GATHERING They were gathering their sheep from the fells under Pengables, to bring them down into the warmer lands below.
shepherds
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From this reading To a stranger it would have seemed odd that so many shepherds, and master-farmers with their hinds, should have chosen the same day.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading To a stranger it would have seemed odd that so many shepherds, and master-farmers with their hinds, should have chosen the same day.
signs
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From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
snow
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From this reading And the shepherds had decreed that within eight-and-forty hours the wind hounds of the north would be driving snow before them.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading To a stranger it would have seemed odd that so many shepherds, and master-farmers with their hinds, should have chosen the same day.
stranger
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From this reading To a stranger it would have seemed odd that so many shepherds, and master-farmers with their hinds, should have chosen the same day.
taught
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From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading To a stranger it would have seemed odd that so many shepherds, and master-farmers with their hinds, should have chosen the same day.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE EWE-GATHERING They were gathering their sheep from the fells under Pengables, to bring them down into the warmer lands below.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading THE EWE-GATHERING They were gathering their sheep from the fells under Pengables, to bring them down into the warmer lands below.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading THE EWE-GATHERING They were gathering their sheep from the fells under Pengables, to bring them down into the warmer lands below.
there
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From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE EWE-GATHERING They were gathering their sheep from the fells under Pengables, to bring them down into the warmer lands below.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE EWE-GATHERING They were gathering their sheep from the fells under Pengables, to bring them down into the warmer lands below.
tokens
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From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
true
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From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading THE EWE-GATHERING They were gathering their sheep from the fells under Pengables, to bring them down into the warmer lands below.
warmer
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From this reading THE EWE-GATHERING They were gathering their sheep from the fells under Pengables, to bring them down into the warmer lands below.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
weather-lore
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From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE EWE-GATHERING They were gathering their sheep from the fells under Pengables, to bring them down into the warmer lands below.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The Logie country, if it guessed what was to come, made merry with the time left it.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And the shepherds had decreed that within eight-and-forty hours the wind hounds of the north would be driving snow before them.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading To a stranger it would have seemed odd that so many shepherds, and master-farmers with their hinds, should have chosen the same day.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading And the shepherds had decreed that within eight-and-forty hours the wind hounds of the north would be driving snow before them.
work
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From this reading The farmers, indeed, might have done the work at haphazard, choosing a time here and there as occasion served; but their shepherds lived nearer the fell-tops where true weather-lore was taught by countless little signs and tokens.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading To a stranger it would have seemed odd that so many shepherds, and master-farmers with their hinds, should have chosen the same day.
