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air
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From this reading But it so charged and replenished, and made bountiful and overflowing all the air, that it was impossible to say from what precise point the exultation came.
all
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From this reading But it so charged and replenished, and made bountiful and overflowing all the air, that it was impossible to say from what precise point the exultation came.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As I live, thought I, this blessed day, will I go and seek out the Shanghai, and buy him, if I have to clap another mortgage on my land.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As I live, thought I, this blessed day, will I go and seek out the Shanghai, and buy him, if I have to clap another mortgage on my land.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As I live, thought I, this blessed day, will I go and seek out the Shanghai, and buy him, if I have to clap another mortgage on my land.
attentively
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bird
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From this reading Oh, brave cock!--oh, noble Shanghai!--oh, bird rightly offered up by the invincible Socrates, in testimony of his final victory over life.
blessed
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bountiful
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From this reading But it so charged and replenished, and made bountiful and overflowing all the air, that it was impossible to say from what precise point the exultation came.
brave
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From this reading Oh, brave cock!--oh, noble Shanghai!--oh, bird rightly offered up by the invincible Socrates, in testimony of his final victory over life.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it so charged and replenished, and made bountiful and overflowing all the air, that it was impossible to say from what precise point the exultation came.
buy
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From this reading As I live, thought I, this blessed day, will I go and seek out the Shanghai, and buy him, if I have to clap another mortgage on my land.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Oh, brave cock!--oh, noble Shanghai!--oh, bird rightly offered up by the invincible Socrates, in testimony of his final victory over life.
came
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charged
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From this reading But it so charged and replenished, and made bountiful and overflowing all the air, that it was impossible to say from what precise point the exultation came.
clap
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From this reading As I live, thought I, this blessed day, will I go and seek out the Shanghai, and buy him, if I have to clap another mortgage on my land.
cock
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From this reading Oh, brave cock!--oh, noble Shanghai!--oh, bird rightly offered up by the invincible Socrates, in testimony of his final victory over life.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading All that I could decide upon was this: the crow came from out of the east, and not from out of the west.
crow
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day
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From this reading As I live, thought I, this blessed day, will I go and seek out the Shanghai, and buy him, if I have to clap another mortgage on my land.
decide
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From this reading All that I could decide upon was this: the crow came from out of the east, and not from out of the west.
direction
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east
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From this reading All that I could decide upon was this: the crow came from out of the east, and not from out of the west.
exultation
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From this reading But it so charged and replenished, and made bountiful and overflowing all the air, that it was impossible to say from what precise point the exultation came.
final
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From this reading Oh, brave cock!--oh, noble Shanghai!--oh, bird rightly offered up by the invincible Socrates, in testimony of his final victory over life.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I listened attentively now, striving to mark from what direction the crow came.
go
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From this reading As I live, thought I, this blessed day, will I go and seek out the Shanghai, and buy him, if I have to clap another mortgage on my land.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading As I live, thought I, this blessed day, will I go and seek out the Shanghai, and buy him, if I have to clap another mortgage on my land.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As I live, thought I, this blessed day, will I go and seek out the Shanghai, and buy him, if I have to clap another mortgage on my land.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Oh, brave cock!--oh, noble Shanghai!--oh, bird rightly offered up by the invincible Socrates, in testimony of his final victory over life.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading As I live, thought I, this blessed day, will I go and seek out the Shanghai, and buy him, if I have to clap another mortgage on my land.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading As I live, thought I, this blessed day, will I go and seek out the Shanghai, and buy him, if I have to clap another mortgage on my land.
impossible
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From this reading But it so charged and replenished, and made bountiful and overflowing all the air, that it was impossible to say from what precise point the exultation came.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Oh, brave cock!--oh, noble Shanghai!--oh, bird rightly offered up by the invincible Socrates, in testimony of his final victory over life.
invincible
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From this reading Oh, brave cock!--oh, noble Shanghai!--oh, bird rightly offered up by the invincible Socrates, in testimony of his final victory over life.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But it so charged and replenished, and made bountiful and overflowing all the air, that it was impossible to say from what precise point the exultation came.
land
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From this reading As I live, thought I, this blessed day, will I go and seek out the Shanghai, and buy him, if I have to clap another mortgage on my land.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Oh, brave cock!--oh, noble Shanghai!--oh, bird rightly offered up by the invincible Socrates, in testimony of his final victory over life.
listened
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From this reading I listened attentively now, striving to mark from what direction the crow came.
live
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From this reading As I live, thought I, this blessed day, will I go and seek out the Shanghai, and buy him, if I have to clap another mortgage on my land.
made
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From this reading But it so charged and replenished, and made bountiful and overflowing all the air, that it was impossible to say from what precise point the exultation came.
mark
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mortgage
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From this reading As I live, thought I, this blessed day, will I go and seek out the Shanghai, and buy him, if I have to clap another mortgage on my land.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading As I live, thought I, this blessed day, will I go and seek out the Shanghai, and buy him, if I have to clap another mortgage on my land.
noble
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From this reading Oh, brave cock!--oh, noble Shanghai!--oh, bird rightly offered up by the invincible Socrates, in testimony of his final victory over life.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading All that I could decide upon was this: the crow came from out of the east, and not from out of the west.
now
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From this reading I listened attentively now, striving to mark from what direction the crow came.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Oh, brave cock!--oh, noble Shanghai!--oh, bird rightly offered up by the invincible Socrates, in testimony of his final victory over life.
offered
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From this reading Oh, brave cock!--oh, noble Shanghai!--oh, bird rightly offered up by the invincible Socrates, in testimony of his final victory over life.
Oh
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From this reading Oh, brave cock!--oh, noble Shanghai!--oh, bird rightly offered up by the invincible Socrates, in testimony of his final victory over life.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As I live, thought I, this blessed day, will I go and seek out the Shanghai, and buy him, if I have to clap another mortgage on my land.
out
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From this reading As I live, thought I, this blessed day, will I go and seek out the Shanghai, and buy him, if I have to clap another mortgage on my land.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Oh, brave cock!--oh, noble Shanghai!--oh, bird rightly offered up by the invincible Socrates, in testimony of his final victory over life.
overflowing
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From this reading But it so charged and replenished, and made bountiful and overflowing all the air, that it was impossible to say from what precise point the exultation came.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading But it so charged and replenished, and made bountiful and overflowing all the air, that it was impossible to say from what precise point the exultation came.
precise
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From this reading But it so charged and replenished, and made bountiful and overflowing all the air, that it was impossible to say from what precise point the exultation came.
replenished
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From this reading But it so charged and replenished, and made bountiful and overflowing all the air, that it was impossible to say from what precise point the exultation came.
rightly
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From this reading Oh, brave cock!--oh, noble Shanghai!--oh, bird rightly offered up by the invincible Socrates, in testimony of his final victory over life.
say
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From this reading But it so charged and replenished, and made bountiful and overflowing all the air, that it was impossible to say from what precise point the exultation came.
seek
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From this reading As I live, thought I, this blessed day, will I go and seek out the Shanghai, and buy him, if I have to clap another mortgage on my land.
Shanghai
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From this reading Oh, brave cock!--oh, noble Shanghai!--oh, bird rightly offered up by the invincible Socrates, in testimony of his final victory over life.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But it so charged and replenished, and made bountiful and overflowing all the air, that it was impossible to say from what precise point the exultation came.
Socrates
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From this reading Oh, brave cock!--oh, noble Shanghai!--oh, bird rightly offered up by the invincible Socrates, in testimony of his final victory over life.
striving
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From this reading I listened attentively now, striving to mark from what direction the crow came.
testimony
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From this reading Oh, brave cock!--oh, noble Shanghai!--oh, bird rightly offered up by the invincible Socrates, in testimony of his final victory over life.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But it so charged and replenished, and made bountiful and overflowing all the air, that it was impossible to say from what precise point the exultation came.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Oh, brave cock!--oh, noble Shanghai!--oh, bird rightly offered up by the invincible Socrates, in testimony of his final victory over life.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading As I live, thought I, this blessed day, will I go and seek out the Shanghai, and buy him, if I have to clap another mortgage on my land.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As I live, thought I, this blessed day, will I go and seek out the Shanghai, and buy him, if I have to clap another mortgage on my land.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As I live, thought I, this blessed day, will I go and seek out the Shanghai, and buy him, if I have to clap another mortgage on my land.
up
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From this reading Oh, brave cock!--oh, noble Shanghai!--oh, bird rightly offered up by the invincible Socrates, in testimony of his final victory over life.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading All that I could decide upon was this: the crow came from out of the east, and not from out of the west.
victory
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From this reading Oh, brave cock!--oh, noble Shanghai!--oh, bird rightly offered up by the invincible Socrates, in testimony of his final victory over life.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But it so charged and replenished, and made bountiful and overflowing all the air, that it was impossible to say from what precise point the exultation came.
west
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From this reading All that I could decide upon was this: the crow came from out of the east, and not from out of the west.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I listened attentively now, striving to mark from what direction the crow came.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading As I live, thought I, this blessed day, will I go and seek out the Shanghai, and buy him, if I have to clap another mortgage on my land.
