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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 Franks looked around with admiring eyes, doubting whether winter, in such a garb, were not as fair as the spring.
admiring
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From this reading Franks looked around with admiring eyes, doubting whether winter, in such a garb, were not as fair as the spring.
air
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From this reading The January air was keen and sharp, the snow felt crisp under the sailor's tread.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The January air was keen and sharp, the snow felt crisp under the sailor's tread.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Franks looked around with admiring eyes, doubting whether winter, in such a garb, were not as fair as the spring.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Every branch in the trees, every twig in the hedges, was cased in silvery frost; the prickly leaves of the holly, the withered fern by the path, every blade of grass was edged, as if by fairy art, with glittering crystals.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
blade
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From this reading Every branch in the trees, every twig in the hedges, was cased in silvery frost; the prickly leaves of the holly, the withered fern by the path, every blade of grass was edged, as if by fairy art, with glittering crystals.
branch
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From this reading Every branch in the trees, every twig in the hedges, was cased in silvery frost; the prickly leaves of the holly, the withered fern by the path, every blade of grass was edged, as if by fairy art, with glittering crystals.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Every branch in the trees, every twig in the hedges, was cased in silvery frost; the prickly leaves of the holly, the withered fern by the path, every blade of grass was edged, as if by fairy art, with glittering crystals.
cased
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From this reading Every branch in the trees, every twig in the hedges, was cased in silvery frost; the prickly leaves of the holly, the withered fern by the path, every blade of grass was edged, as if by fairy art, with glittering crystals.
COTTAGE
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From this reading THE COTTAGE IN THE DELL.
crisp
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From this reading The January air was keen and sharp, the snow felt crisp under the sailor's tread.
crystals
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From this reading Every branch in the trees, every twig in the hedges, was cased in silvery frost; the prickly leaves of the holly, the withered fern by the path, every blade of grass was edged, as if by fairy art, with glittering crystals.
DELL
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From this reading THE COTTAGE IN THE DELL.
doubting
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From this reading Franks looked around with admiring eyes, doubting whether winter, in such a garb, were not as fair as the spring.
down
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From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
edged
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From this reading Every branch in the trees, every twig in the hedges, was cased in silvery frost; the prickly leaves of the holly, the withered fern by the path, every blade of grass was edged, as if by fairy art, with glittering crystals.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every branch in the trees, every twig in the hedges, was cased in silvery frost; the prickly leaves of the holly, the withered fern by the path, every blade of grass was edged, as if by fairy art, with glittering crystals.
eyes
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From this reading Franks looked around with admiring eyes, doubting whether winter, in such a garb, were not as fair as the spring.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Franks looked around with admiring eyes, doubting whether winter, in such a garb, were not as fair as the spring.
fairy
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From this reading Every branch in the trees, every twig in the hedges, was cased in silvery frost; the prickly leaves of the holly, the withered fern by the path, every blade of grass was edged, as if by fairy art, with glittering crystals.
felt
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From this reading The January air was keen and sharp, the snow felt crisp under the sailor's tread.
fern
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From this reading Every branch in the trees, every twig in the hedges, was cased in silvery frost; the prickly leaves of the holly, the withered fern by the path, every blade of grass was edged, as if by fairy art, with glittering crystals.
Franks
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From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
frost
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From this reading Every branch in the trees, every twig in the hedges, was cased in silvery frost; the prickly leaves of the holly, the withered fern by the path, every blade of grass was edged, as if by fairy art, with glittering crystals.
garb
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From this reading Franks looked around with admiring eyes, doubting whether winter, in such a garb, were not as fair as the spring.
glittering
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From this reading Every branch in the trees, every twig in the hedges, was cased in silvery frost; the prickly leaves of the holly, the withered fern by the path, every blade of grass was edged, as if by fairy art, with glittering crystals.
globe
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From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
grass
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From this reading Every branch in the trees, every twig in the hedges, was cased in silvery frost; the prickly leaves of the holly, the withered fern by the path, every blade of grass was edged, as if by fairy art, with glittering crystals.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
hedges
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From this reading Every branch in the trees, every twig in the hedges, was cased in silvery frost; the prickly leaves of the holly, the withered fern by the path, every blade of grass was edged, as if by fairy art, with glittering crystals.
hill
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From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
holly
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From this reading Every branch in the trees, every twig in the hedges, was cased in silvery frost; the prickly leaves of the holly, the withered fern by the path, every blade of grass was edged, as if by fairy art, with glittering crystals.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Every branch in the trees, every twig in the hedges, was cased in silvery frost; the prickly leaves of the holly, the withered fern by the path, every blade of grass was edged, as if by fairy art, with glittering crystals.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE COTTAGE IN THE DELL.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
January
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From this reading The January air was keen and sharp, the snow felt crisp under the sailor's tread.
keen
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From this reading The January air was keen and sharp, the snow felt crisp under the sailor's tread.
leaves
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From this reading Every branch in the trees, every twig in the hedges, was cased in silvery frost; the prickly leaves of the holly, the withered fern by the path, every blade of grass was edged, as if by fairy art, with glittering crystals.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Franks looked around with admiring eyes, doubting whether winter, in such a garb, were not as fair as the spring.
Meade
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From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
Ned
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From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Franks looked around with admiring eyes, doubting whether winter, in such a garb, were not as fair as the spring.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Every branch in the trees, every twig in the hedges, was cased in silvery frost; the prickly leaves of the holly, the withered fern by the path, every blade of grass was edged, as if by fairy art, with glittering crystals.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
path
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From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
Persis
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From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
prickly
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From this reading Every branch in the trees, every twig in the hedges, was cased in silvery frost; the prickly leaves of the holly, the withered fern by the path, every blade of grass was edged, as if by fairy art, with glittering crystals.
red
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From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
resided
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From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
sailor's
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From this reading The January air was keen and sharp, the snow felt crisp under the sailor's tread.
scarcely
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From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
sharp
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From this reading The January air was keen and sharp, the snow felt crisp under the sailor's tread.
shown
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From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
silvery
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From this reading Every branch in the trees, every twig in the hedges, was cased in silvery frost; the prickly leaves of the holly, the withered fern by the path, every blade of grass was edged, as if by fairy art, with glittering crystals.
snow
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From this reading The January air was keen and sharp, the snow felt crisp under the sailor's tread.
spring
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From this reading Franks looked around with admiring eyes, doubting whether winter, in such a garb, were not as fair as the spring.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Franks looked around with admiring eyes, doubting whether winter, in such a garb, were not as fair as the spring.
sun
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From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE COTTAGE IN THE DELL.
tread
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From this reading The January air was keen and sharp, the snow felt crisp under the sailor's tread.
trees
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From this reading Every branch in the trees, every twig in the hedges, was cased in silvery frost; the prickly leaves of the holly, the withered fern by the path, every blade of grass was edged, as if by fairy art, with glittering crystals.
twig
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From this reading Every branch in the trees, every twig in the hedges, was cased in silvery frost; the prickly leaves of the holly, the withered fern by the path, every blade of grass was edged, as if by fairy art, with glittering crystals.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The January air was keen and sharp, the snow felt crisp under the sailor's tread.
walked
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From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The January air was keen and sharp, the snow felt crisp under the sailor's tread.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Franks looked around with admiring eyes, doubting whether winter, in such a garb, were not as fair as the spring.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading Franks looked around with admiring eyes, doubting whether winter, in such a garb, were not as fair as the spring.
whistling
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From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
winter
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From this reading Franks looked around with admiring eyes, doubting whether winter, in such a garb, were not as fair as the spring.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Every branch in the trees, every twig in the hedges, was cased in silvery frost; the prickly leaves of the holly, the withered fern by the path, every blade of grass was edged, as if by fairy art, with glittering crystals.
withered
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From this reading Every branch in the trees, every twig in the hedges, was cased in silvery frost; the prickly leaves of the holly, the withered fern by the path, every blade of grass was edged, as if by fairy art, with glittering crystals.
wooded
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From this reading THE sun had scarcely shown his red globe over the hill when Ned Franks, whistling as he went, walked down the path into the little wooded dell where Persis Meade resided.
